Gallichan, Quebec

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

Gallichan

Municipality

Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.

Gallichan

Location in western Quebec.

Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°17′W﻿ / ﻿48.600°N 79.283°W﻿ / 48.600; -79.283Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°17′W﻿ / ﻿48.600°N 79.283°W﻿ / 48.600; -79.283[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM| Abitibi-Ouest
Settled| 1922
Constituted| January 1, 1958
Government

[2]

• Mayor| André Légaré
• Federal riding| Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding| Abitibi-Ouest
Area

[2][3]

• Total| 97.30 km2 (37.57 sq mi)
• Land| 74.60 km2 (28.80 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[3]

• Total| 484
• Density| 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011

|  5.7%
• Dwellings

| 307
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)|

J0Z 2B0

Area code| 819
Highways| No major routes
Website| www.gallichan.ao.ca

Gallichan is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality located along the banks of the Duparquet River. It had a population of 484 in the Canada 2011 Census.

The municipality was constituted on January 1, 1958.

## Demographics[edit]

Population trend:[4]

* Population in 2011: 484 (2006 to 2011 population change: 5.7%)
* Population in 2006: 458
* Population in 2001: 476
* Population in 1996: 478
* Population in 1991: 482

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 193 (total dwellings: 307)

Mother tongue:[5]

* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 97.8%
* English and French as first language: 2.2%
* Other as first language: 0%

## Municipal council[edit]

* Mayor: André Légaré
* Councillors: Serge Marquis, Claude Bourque, Martine Goulet Gosselin, Brigitte Rivard, Henri Bourque, Éric Fournier [6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Reference number 151355 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b "Gallichan". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
3. ^ a b "Gallichan census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
4. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
5. ^ "Gallichan community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
6. ^ "Municipalit? De Gallichan". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-09-13.

Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

| Lake Abitibi / Clerval | Lake Abitibi / Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg | Palmarolle

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Roquemaure |

Gallichan

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Subdivisions of Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality

Towns|

* Duparquet
* La Sarre
* Macamic

Municipalities|

* Authier
* Authier-Nord
* Chazel
* Clerval
* Dupuy
* Gallichan
* La Reine
* Normétal
* Palmarolle
* Poularies
* Rapide-Danseur
* Roquemaure
* Sainte-Germaine-Boulé
* Taschereau
* Val-Saint-Gilles

Townships|

* Clermont

Parishes|

* Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg
* Saint-Lambert

Unorganized territories|

* Lac-Duparquet
* Rivière-Ojima

* Regional County Municipalities (RCM): in Abitibi-Témiscamingue:
Abitibi
* Abitibi-Ouest
* La Vallée-de-l'Or
* Témiscamingue

* Independent Cities: Rouyn-Noranda

* Native Reserves: Kebaowek
* Lac-Simon
* Pikogan
* Timiskaming

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