La Morandière
Former municipality in Quebec, Canada
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La Morandière (French pronunciation: [la mɔʁɑ̃djɛʁ]) is a former municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. In 2023, it merged with Rochebaucourt to form the new municipality of La Morandière-Rochebaucourt.[2]
La Morandière | |
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 Location within Abitibi RCM | |
  La Morandière Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°37′N 77°38′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi |
| Municipality | La Morandière-Rochebaucourt |
| Settled | ca. 1916 |
| Constituted | January 1, 1983 |
| Dissolved | January 1, 2023[2] |
| Government | |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
• Total | 421.70 km2 (162.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 407.35 km2 (157.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[5] | |
• Total | 205 |
| • Density | 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  1.0% |
| • Dwellings | 111 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-395  R-397 |
| Website | www |
History
The location where La Morandière currently sits was initially settled in around 1916 by Émilien Plante, Uldéric Hardy and Charles Rochette, but the territory didn't have any official status until January 1, 1983, the date when the municipality of La Morandière was founded.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 357 | — |
| 1991 | 327 | −8.4% |
| 1996 | 295 | −9.8% |
| 2001 | 291 | −1.4% |
| 2006 | 262 | −10.0% |
| 2011 | 233 | −11.1% |
| 2016 | 207 | −11.2% |
| 2021 | 205 | −1.0% |
| Source: Statistics Canada | ||
Mother tongue (2021):[5]
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 97.6%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 2.4%
Local government
List of former mayors:[6]
- Marcel Lebrun (1983–1989)
- Thérèse Parent-Hébert (1989–1997)
- Marcel Lesyk (1997–2001)
- Micheline Bureau (2005–2009)
- Guy Lemire (2009–2017)
- Alain Lemay (2017–2022)
