Guérin, Quebec

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Guérin
Township municipality
Guérin
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W / 47.6588°N 79.3180°W / 47.6588; -79.3180Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W / 47.6588°N 79.3180°W / 47.6588; -79.3180[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Témiscamingue
Constituted November 8, 1911
Named for James John Edmund Guérin[1]
Government[2]
  Mayor Maurice Laverdière
  Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
  Prov. riding Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area[2][3]
  Total 206.70 km2 (79.81 sq mi)
  Land 190.59 km2 (73.59 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 305
  Density 1.6/km2 (4/sq mi)
  Pop (2006–11) Increase 3.4%
  Dwellings 193
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0Z 2E0
Area code(s) 819

Guérin is a township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2006: 295 (2001 to 2006 population change: -1.7 %)
  • Population in 2001: 300
  • Population in 1996: 297
  • Population in 1991: 274

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 118 (total dwellings: 193)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 95.4%
  • English and French as first language: 4.6%
  • Other as first language: 0%

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Reference number 27380 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Guérin". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Guérin census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census, and Population and dwelling count amendments
  5. "Guérin community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 




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