Guérin, Quebec

Guérin
Township municipality

Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
Guérin
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W / 47.6588°N 79.3180°W / 47.6588; -79.3180Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W / 47.6588°N 79.3180°W / 47.6588; -79.3180[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Témiscamingue
Constituted November 8, 1911
Named for James John Edmund Guérin[1]
Government[2]
 • Mayor Maurice Laverdière
 • Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. riding Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area[2][3]
 • Total 206.70 km2 (79.81 sq mi)
 • Land 190.59 km2 (73.59 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 305
 • Density 1.6/km2 (4/sq mi)
 • Pop (2006–11) Increase 3.4%
 • Dwellings 193
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) J0Z 2E0
Area code(s) 819

Guérin is a township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It was named for James John Edmund Guerin.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2006: 295 (2001 to 2006 population change: -1.7 %)
  • Population in 2001: 300
  • Population in 1996: 297
  • Population in 1991: 274

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 118 (total dwellings: 193)

Mother tongue:[6]

  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 95.4%
  • English and French as first language: 4.6%
  • Other as first language: 0%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Reference number 27380 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 "Guérin". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  3. 1 2 "Guérin census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  4. ↑ Reference number 27380 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census, and Population and dwelling count amendments
  6. ↑ "Guérin community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-03.




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