Rivière-Héva
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Rivière-Héva | |
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 Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM. | |
  Rivière-Héva Location in western Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 48°14′N 78°13′W / 48.233°N 78.217°WCoordinates: 48°14′N 78°13′W / 48.233°N 78.217°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | La Vallée-de-l'Or |
| Settled | 1935 |
| Constituted | January 1, 1982 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Réjean Guay |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Est |
| Area | |
| • Total | 489.50 km2 (189.00 sq mi) |
| • Land | 425.33 km2 (164.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,433 |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (9/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  15.7% |
| • Dwellings | 656 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  Route 109   Route 117 (TCH) |
Rivière-Héva is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. It is named after the Héva River that flows through the municipality.
History
In 1935 as part of the Vautrin Settlement Plan, the place was colonized, originally called Aux Quatre-Coins (French for "At Four Corners"). In 1981, it was incorporated as a municipality.[1]
On August 29, 2009, Rivière-Héva was greatly enlarged when it absorbed the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Fouillac and the western portion of the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Granet.[4]
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
- Population in 2006:
- Rivière-Héva: 1056 (2001 to 2006 population change: -5.6%)
- Lac-Fouillac: 91
- Population in 2001:
- Rivière-Héva: 1119
- Lac-Fouillac: 77
- Population in 1996:
- Rivière-Héva: 1096
- Lac-Fouillac: 174
- Population in 1991:
- Rivière-Héva: 1043
- Lac-Fouillac: 168
Mother tongue:[6]
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 100%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
References
- ^ a b "Rivière-Héva (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
- ^ a b "Rivière-Héva". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
- ^ a b "Rivière-Héva census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
- ^ Institut de la statistique du Québec, Modifications aux municipalités du Québec Août 2009, Québec, ISSN 0843-8250
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Rivière-Héva community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
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