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Township municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guérin is a township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.
Guérin | |
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Coordinates: 47°39′32″N 79°19′05″W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Témiscamingue |
Constituted | November 8, 1911 |
Named for | James John Edmund Guérin[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Roger Bouthillette |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue |
Area | |
• Total | 208.39 km2 (80.46 sq mi) |
• Land | 188.52 km2 (72.79 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 333 |
• Density | 1.8/km2 (5/sq mi) |
• Pop (2016–21) | 4.1% |
• Dwellings | 210 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Website | municipalites-du-quebec |
The township lies within the Ottawa River basin, having an elevation of 210 metres (690 ft) near the Quinze rapids to 336 metres (1,102 ft) in its north-eastern part.[4] In addition to the main namesake village, the township also includes the hamlet of Paquin (47°37′59″N 79°18′51″W).[5]
Around 1872, the area began to be cleared for logging and agriculture. In 1904, the geographic township of Guérin was proclaimed, named after James John Edmund Guerin, while the settlement was called Lalemant, in honour of Gabriel Lalemant. The Lalement Post Office opened in 1908, and that same year, the parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Guérin was founded. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Guérin was formed from previously unincorporated territory. In 1921, the settlement and post office were renamed to Guérin.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Guérin had a population of 333 living in 134 of its 210 total private dwellings, a change of 4.1% from its 2016 population of 320. With a land area of 188.52 km2 (72.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.8/km2 (4.6/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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Source: Statistics Canada[3][6] |
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