Rapide-Danseur, Quebec

Rapide-Danseur
Municipality

Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Rapide-Danseur
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°33′N 79°18′W / 48.550°N 79.300°W / 48.550; -79.300Coordinates: 48°33′N 79°18′W / 48.550°N 79.300°W / 48.550; -79.300[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Abitibi-Ouest
Settled 1928
Constituted January 1, 1981
Government[2]
 • Mayor Alain Gagnon
 • Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. riding Abitibi-Ouest
Area[2][3]
 • Total 183.90 km2 (71.00 sq mi)
 • Land 175.33 km2 (67.70 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 312
 • Density 1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 14.3%
 • Dwellings 162
  Birth place of Jaques Plante
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) J0Z 3G0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 388
Route 393
Website www.rapide-danseur.ao.ca

Rapide-Danseur is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 185.18 km² and had a population of 312 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1981.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 312 (2006 to 2011 population change: 14.3%)
  • Population in 2006: 273
  • Population in 2001: 265
  • Population in 1996: 247
  • Population in 1991: 206

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 129 (total dwellings: 162)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 100%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

  • Mayor: Gaston Gadoury
  • Councillors: Diane Béland, Darquise Blais, Raymond Carrier, Pauline Lamont, Chantal Mireault, Fernand St-Cyr

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 98700 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 "Rapide-Danseur". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  3. 1 2 "Rapide-Danseur census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ↑ "Rapide-Danseur community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.




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