Latulippe-et-Gaboury,_Quebec
Latulipe-et-Gaboury
United township municipality in Quebec, Canada
Latulipe-et-Gaboury is a united township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. The only other remaining united township municipality in Quebec is Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury.
Latulipe-et-Gaboury | |
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Latulipe | |
Location within Témiscamingue RCM | |
| Coordinates: 47°25′38″N 79°01′56″W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Témiscamingue |
| Settled | 1909 |
| Constituted | November 18, 1924 |
| Named for | Élie-Anicet Latulipe, Tancrède-Charles Gaboury[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vincent Gingras |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue |
| Area | |
| • Total | 300.00 km2 (115.83 sq mi) |
| • Land | 270.11 km2 (104.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 320 |
| • Density | 1.2/km2 (3/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) |  8.5% |
| • Dwellings | 225 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | www |
The only population centre in the united township is the village of Latulipe.[5]
In 1909, the geographic township of Latulipe was proclaimed, named after Élie-Anicet Latulipe (1859-1922), first bishop of Haileybury. That same year, the first settlers arrived. And in 1919, the geographic township of Gaboury was proclaimed, named after Tancrède-Charles Gaboury (1851-1937). In November 1924, the United Township Municipality of Latulipe-et-Gaboury was established.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Latulipe-et-Gaboury had a population of 320 living in 159 of its 225 total private dwellings, a change of 8.5% from its 2016 population of 295. With a land area of 270.11 km2 (104.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
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Mother tongue (2021):[4]
- English as first language: 1.6%
- French as first language: 98.4%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
- Brocas les Forges (France)[7]
- "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 34616". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 85060". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- Tanya Neveu (20 December 2021). "Latulipe-et-Gaboury pourvoit son poste de maire". ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Radio-Canada. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- "Latulipe-et-Gaboury census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Latulipe (village)". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- "Municipalite". latulipeetgaboury.net (in French). Municipalité de cantons unis de Latulipe-et-Gaboury. 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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