Rivière-Héva, Quebec

Rivière-Héva
Municipality
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM.
Rivière-Héva Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°14′N 78°13′W / 48.233°N 78.217°WCoordinates: 48°14′N 78°13′W / 48.233°N 78.217°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	La Vallée-de-l'Or
Settled	1935
Constituted	January 1, 1982
Government[2]
• Mayor	Réjean Guay
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Est
Area[2][3]
• Total	489.50 km^2 (189.00 sq mi)
• Land	425.33 km^2 (164.22 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	1,433
• Density	3.4/km^2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	15.7%
• Dwellings	656
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0Y 2H0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 109 Route 117 (TCH)

Rivière-Héva is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC de La Vallée-de-l'Or. It is named after the Héva River that flows through the municipality.

History

In 1935 as part of the Vautrin Settlement Plan, the place was colonized, originally called Aux Quatre-Coins (French for "At Four Corners"). In 1981, it was incorporated as a municipality.^[1]

On August 29, 2009, Rivière-Héva was greatly enlarged when it absorbed the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Fouillac and the western portion of the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Granet.^[4]

Demographics

Population trend:^[5]

• Population in 2006:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1056 (2001 to 2006 population change: -5.6 %)
  • Lac-Fouillac: 91
• Population in 2001:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1119
  • Lac-Fouillac: 77
• Population in 1996:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1096
  • Lac-Fouillac: 174
• Population in 1991:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1043
  • Lac-Fouillac: 168

Mother tongue:^[6]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

References

1. "Rivière-Héva (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
2. "Rivière-Héva". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
3. "Rivière-Héva census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
4. Institut de la statistique du Québec, Modifications aux municipalités du Québec Août 2009, Québec, ISSN 0843-8250
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
6. "Rivière-Héva community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-12.