La Morandière | |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Western Quebec |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in western Quebec |
Coordinates: | 48.6167°N -115°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Abitibi |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | La Morandière-Rochebaucourt |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | ca. 1916 |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 1, 1983 |
Established Title2: | Dissolved |
Established Date2: | January 1, 2023 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Abitibi-Ouest |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 421.70 |
Area Land Km2: | 407.35 |
Population Total: | 205 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.5 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
Population Blank1: | 1.0% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 111 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | J0Y 1S0 |
Area Code: | 819 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
La Morandière is a former municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. In 2023, it merged with Rochebaucourt to from the new municipality of La Morandière-Rochebaucourt.[4]
The location where La Morandière currently sits was initially settled in around 1916 by Émilien Plante, Uldéric Hardy and Charles Rochette, but the territory didn't have any official status until January 1, 1983, the date when the municipality of La Morandière was founded.
Mother tongue (2021):[3]
List of former mayors:[5]