Landrienne Explained

Landrienne
Flag Size:120x100px
Pushpin Map:Canada Western Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in western Quebec
Coordinates:48.55°N -134°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1910s
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:July 15, 1918
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Guy Baril
Area Total Km2:277.42
Area Land Km2:275.93
Population Total:897
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:3.3
Population Blank1 Title:Pop (2016-21)
Population Blank1: 7.2%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:410
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Blank Name:Highways

Landrienne is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. It is part of the census agglomeration of Amos.

Originally known as Saint-Barnabé-de-Landrienne, the place was named in honour of Jean-Marie Landriève Des Bordes (1712–1778), a French naval officer and administrative inspector.

History

Landrienne was created in 1918 by a contingent of pioneers, who came mainly from Sainte-Thècle and Saint-Prosper, settled along the Transcontinental railroad, in an area 12 km east of the town of Amos and north of La Corne.

In 1926, a large section of Landrienne was taken for the creation of the municipality of Saint-Marc-de-Figuery (along with another section of Figuery-et-Dalquier).

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Landrienne had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 275.93km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

The mother tongues are:[2]

Government

Municipal council (as of 2023):[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landrienne . Répertoire des municipalités . Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation . French . 2023-07-28.
  2. Web site: Landrienne community profile . Statistics Canada . . 2023-04-06.