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.
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).
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]
Municipal council (as of 2023):[1]