Roquemaure, Quebec

Roquemaure
Municipality

Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Roquemaure
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°24′W / 48.600°N 79.400°W / 48.600; -79.400Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°24′W / 48.600°N 79.400°W / 48.600; -79.400[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Abitibi-Ouest
Settled 1933
Constituted January 1, 1952
Government[2]
 • Mayor Léo Pinard
 • Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. riding Abitibi-Ouest
Area[2][3]
 • Total 154.40 km2 (59.61 sq mi)
 • Land 120.78 km2 (46.63 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 414
 • Density 3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 3.0%
 • Dwellings 207
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) J0Z 3K0
Area code(s) 819
Highways No major routes
Website www.roquemaure.ao.ca

Roquemaure is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. It covers 121.67 km² and had a population of 414 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1952.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 414 (2006 to 2011 population change: 3.0%)
  • Population in 2006: 402
  • Population in 2001: 451
  • Population in 1996: 459
  • Population in 1991: 455

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 182 (total dwellings: 207)

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: Marcel Mainville
  • Councillors: Gérard Leclerc, Chantal Mainville, Guylaine Pinard, Léo Plourde, Jocelyn Poirier, Alain Tremblay

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 54487 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 "Roquemaure". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  3. 1 2 "Roquemaure census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ↑ "Roquemaure community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.




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