Landrienne

Landrienne
Township municipality
Location within Abitibi RCM
Location within Abitibi RCM
Landrienne is located in Western Quebec
Landrienne
Landrienne
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°33′N 77°57′W / 48.550°N 77.950°W / 48.550; -77.950
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMAbitibi
Settled1910s
ConstitutedJuly 15, 1918
Government
 • MayorGuillaume Lacasse
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Ouest
Area
 • Total
277.42 km2 (107.11 sq mi)
 • Land275.93 km2 (106.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
897
 • Density3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Decrease 7.2%
 • Dwellings
410
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0Y 1V0
Area code819
Highways R-386
Websitewww.landrienne.com Edit this at Wikidata

Landrienne (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃dʁijɛn]) 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.

Since its creation in 1918, several businesses were established in Landrienne, thus contributing to the economic development of the municipality.

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 897 living in 398 of its 410 total private dwellings, a change of −7.2% from its 2016 population of 967. With a land area of 275.93 km2 (106.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi) in 2021.

The mother tongues are:

Government

Municipal council (as of 2023):

References

  1. 1 2 "Reference number 33933". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec [Bank of place names of Quebec] (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 3 "Landrienne". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Landrienne community profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2023-04-06.