Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues, Quebec

Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues
Municipality

Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°31′N 79°21′W / 47.517°N 79.350°W / 47.517; -79.350Coordinates: 47°31′N 79°21′W / 47.517°N 79.350°W / 47.517; -79.350[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Témiscamingue
Settled 1911
Constituted November 20, 1912
Government[2]
 • Mayor Jacinthe Marcoux
 • Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. riding Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area[2][3]
 • Total 116.10 km2 (44.83 sq mi)
 • Land 110.34 km2 (42.60 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 454
 • Density 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
 • Pop (2006–11) Decrease 4.2%
 • Dwellings 185
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) J0Z 3L0
Area code(s) 819
Website www.st-eugene-de-guigues.qc.ca

Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues, often shortened to Saint-Eugène, is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 454 (2006 to 2011 population change: -4.2 %)
  • Population in 2006: 474
  • Population in 2001: 439
  • Population in 1996: 423
  • Population in 1991: 415

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 182 (total dwellings: 185)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 2.2%
  • French as first language: 97.8%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 56471 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 "Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  3. 1 2 "Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. ↑ "Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-12-31.




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