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La Corne
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | La Corne |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | La Corne QC.JPG |
| flag_size | 120x100px |
| shield_size | 100x80px |
| image_map | La Corne Quebec location diagram.png |
| map_caption | Location within Abitibi RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Western Quebec |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in western Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Quebec |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | Abitibi |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_date | c. 1935 |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | August 2, 1975 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Éric Comeau |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Abitibi-Ouest |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 332.26 |
| area_land_km2 | 308.13 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 778 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 2.5 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop (2016-21) |
| population_blank1 | 8.2% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 382 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −05:00 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −04:00 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | J0Y 1R0 |
| area_code | 819 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| website |
La Corne () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
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.
From 1955 to 1965, La Corne was home to Canada's only lithium mine. The underground mine had a 150 m 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.
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.
Demographics
| 1976 |608 | 1981 |631 | 1986 |642 | 1991 |616 | 1996 |621 | 2001 |629 | 2006 |682 | 2011 |700 | 2016 |719 | 2021 |778
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 322 (total dwellings: 382)
Mother tongue (2021):
- 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):
- Mayor: Éric Comeau
- Councillors: Gaétan Goyette, André Gélinas, Samuel Vaillancourt, Yanick Hamel, André Beauchemin, Annie Grandmont
List of former mayors:
- 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)
References
References
- "La Corne". Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- "Quebec Lithium Project". Canada Lithium Corp..
- "Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: La Corne (municipalité) 2.8.1975 - ...". Institut généalogique Drouin.
- "La Corne community profile". Statistics Canada.
- "Éric Comeau redevient maire de La Corne".
- {{toponymie. 72436
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