La Corne

La Corne is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.

La Corne
Municipality
Location within Abitibi RCM.
La Corne
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°21′N 78°00′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMAbitibi
Settledc. 1935
ConstitutedAugust 2, 1975
Government
 • MayorMichel Lévesque
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Ouest
Area
 • Total329.90 km2 (127.38 sq mi)
 • Land310.43 km2 (119.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total700
 • Density2.3/km2 (6/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 2.6%
 • Dwellings
404
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0Y 1R0
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 111
Websitewww.lacorne.ca

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.[1]

From 1955 to 1965, La Corne was home to Canada's only lithium mine. The underground mine had a 150 m (490 ft) 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.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2011: 700 (2006 to 2011 population change: 2.6%)
  • Population in 2006: 682
  • Population in 2001: 629
  • Population in 1996: 621
  • Population in 1991: 616

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 283 (total dwellings: 404)

Mother tongue:[6]

  • English as first language: 1.5%
  • French as first language: 98.5%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council
  • Mayor: Michel Lévesque
  • Councillors: André Beauchemin, Éric Comeau, André Gélinas, Michel Larouche, Martin St-Pierre, Véronique Veilleux

References
  1. Reference number 72436 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. "La Corne". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  3. "La Corne census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  4. "Quebec Lithium Project". Canada Lithium Corp. Archived from the original on 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  6. "La Corne community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
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