Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues

Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, often shortened to Guigues, is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues
Municipality
Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°28′N 79°26′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMTémiscamingue
Settled1880s
ConstitutedOctober 3, 1912
Government
 • MayorJoanne Larochelle
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingRouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area
 • Total185.50 km2 (71.62 sq mi)
 • Land125.34 km2 (48.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,100
 • Density8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
 • Pop (2006–11)
 2.2%
 • Dwellings
540
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0Z 2G0
Area code(s)819
Websitewww.temiscamingue.net

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • 1991: 1069
  • 1996: 1117
  • 2001: 1129
  • 2006: 1076
  • 2011: 1100 (2006 to 2011 change: +2.2%)

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 449 (total dwellings: 540)

Mother tongue:[5]

  • English as first language: 0.9%
  • French as first language: 99.1%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%
Highway 101 through Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues
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gollark: First-past-the-post is fairly terrible for encouraging more than 2 parties to exist.
gollark: In America.
gollark: You cannot. The electoral system does not seem to encourage this.
gollark: I mean, it's not like they can just import everything they need to survive if they can't do any significant industry or exports.

See also

References
  1. Reference number 300961 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. "Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  3. "Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. "Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-12-31.





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