Roquemaure, Quebec

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Roquemaure
Municipality
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Roquemaure
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°24′W / 48.600°N 79.400°W / 48.600; -79.400Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°24′W / 48.600°N 79.400°W / 48.600; -79.400[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Abitibi-Ouest
Settled 1933
Constituted January 1, 1952
Government[2]
  Mayor Léo Pinard
  Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
  Prov. riding Abitibi-Ouest
Area[2][3]
  Total 154.40 km2 (59.61 sq mi)
  Land 120.78 km2 (46.63 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 414
  Density 3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Increase 3.0%
  Dwellings 207
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0Z 3K0
Area code(s) 819
Highways No major routes
Website www.roquemaure.ao.ca

Roquemaure is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. It covers 121.67 km² and had a population of 414 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1952.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 414 (2006 to 2011 population change: 3.0%)
  • Population in 2006: 402
  • Population in 2001: 451
  • Population in 1996: 459
  • Population in 1991: 455

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 182 (total dwellings: 207)

Mother tongue:[5]

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

Municipal council

  • Mayor: Marcel Mainville
  • Councillors: Gérard Leclerc, Chantal Mainville, Guylaine Pinard, Léo Plourde, Jocelyn Poirier, Alain Tremblay

References

  1. Reference number 54487 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Roquemaure". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Roquemaure census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. "Roquemaure community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 




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