Franquelin, Quebec

Franquelin is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord in RCM Manicouagan. Its population is 350 people over 530 square kilometres. Franquelin was founded at the foot of Massifs rocks of the Laurentians where impressive cliffs plunge to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Franquelin
Municipality
Franquelin
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°22′N 67°50′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCôte-Nord
RCMManicouagan
Settled1910s
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1978
Government
 • MayorMichel Levesque
 • Federal ridingManicouagan
 • Prov. ridingRené-Lévesque
Area
 • Total516.50 km2 (199.42 sq mi)
 • Land445.91 km2 (172.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total324
 • Density0.7/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 6.4%
 • Dwellings
192
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0H 1E0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 138

The name of the municipality was given in honour of Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin, the first official cartographer of New France. He drew the map of the Saint Lawrence River in 1685.

Franquelin came into existence in 1911 thanks to the forest industry. The lumber would be transported to the rivers by horses. From there, it was shipped to paper mills in Thorold, Ontario, and then to Baie-Comeau starting in 1937. The Ontario Paper Company, owned by Colonel Robert R. McCormick, which later became the Quebec North Shore Paper Co., needed paper to supply the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News, which were also owned by McCormick.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 324 (2006 to 2011 population change: -6.4%)
  • Population in 2006: 346
  • Population in 2001: 378
  • Population in 1996: 391
  • Population in 1991: 367

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 158 (total dwellings: 192)

Mother tongue:

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

See also

References
  1. Reference number 92755 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Franquelin
  3. Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Franquelin census profile
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census



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