La Corne
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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La Corne (French pronunciation: [la kɔʁn]) is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
La Corne | |
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 Location within Abitibi RCM | |
  La Corne Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°21′N 78°00′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi |
| Settled | c. 1935 |
| Constituted | August 2, 1975 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Éric Comeau |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
• Total | 332.26 km2 (128.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 308.13 km2 (118.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 778 |
| • Density | 2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  8.2% |
| • Dwellings | 382 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-111 |
| Website | www |
The place is named in honour of Louis de La Corne (1703–1761), a French naval officer who was wounded in the Battle of Sainte-Foy in 1760. Until 1978, the place name was incorrectly spelled as Lacorne.[1]
From 1955 to 1965, La Corne was home to Canada's only lithium mine. The underground mine had a 150 m (490 ft) deep shaft and lateral workings on three levels, and provided lithium to the glass and ceramics industries. With the advent of lithium batteries for electric cars and a myriad of consumer electronic products, the mine is currently being studied for reopening in late 2012 as an open-pit mine.[4][needs update]
History
The municipality of La Corne was founded in 1975 under the name Lacorne. The name was changed to the current La Corne in 1978.[5]
Demographics
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 322 (total dwellings: 382)[3]
Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 0.6%
- French as first language: 98.7%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0.6%
Government
Municipal council (as of 2023):[2]
- Mayor: Éric Comeau[6]
- Councillors: Gaétan Goyette, André Gélinas, Samuel Vaillancourt, Yanick Hamel, André Beauchemin, Annie Grandmont
List of former mayors:[5]
- Lionel Nadon (1975–1978)
- Adélard St-Pierre (1978–1979)
- Eloi Hamel (1979–1980)
- Jean Claude Trottier (1980–1983, 1985–1989)
- Yvon Vaillancourts (1983–1985, 1989–1996)
- Gérald St-Pierre (1996–1998)
- Yvon Vigneault (1998–2006)
- Michel Lévesque (2006–2013, 2021–2023)
- Éric Comeau (2013–2021, 2023–present)[6]
