Gallichan, Quebec
Gallichan | |
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Municipality | |
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM. | |
Gallichan Location in western Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°17′W / 48.600°N 79.283°WCoordinates: 48°36′N 79°17′W / 48.600°N 79.283°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Abitibi-Ouest |
Settled | 1922 |
Constituted | January 1, 1958 |
Government[2] | |
• Mayor | Émilien Larochelle |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 97.30 km2 (37.57 sq mi) |
• Land | 74.60 km2 (28.80 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 484 |
• Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 5.7% |
• Dwellings | 307 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | J0Z 2B0 |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Highways | No major routes |
Website |
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Gallichan is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality located along the banks of the Duparquet River. It had a population of 484 in the Canada 2011 Census.
The municipality was constituted on January 1, 1958.
Demographics
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2011: 484 (2006 to 2011 population change: 5.7%)
- Population in 2006: 458
- Population in 2001: 476
- Population in 1996: 478
- Population in 1991: 482
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 193 (total dwellings: 307)
Mother tongue:[5]
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 97.8%
- English and French as first language: 2.2%
- Other as first language: 0%
Municipal council
- Mayor: Émilien Larochelle
- Councillors: Serge Marquis, Claude Bourque, Martine Goulet Gosselin, Brigitte Rivard, Henri Bourque, Éric Fournier [6]
References
- ↑ Reference number 151355 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 "Gallichan". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- 1 2 "Gallichan census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ "Gallichan community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ↑ http://www.gallichan.ao.ca/gallichan.html
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