Rivière-Héva

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Rivière-Héva
Municipality
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Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM.
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM.
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM La Vallée-de-l'Or
Settled 1935
Constituted January 1, 1982
Government[1]
 • Mayor Réjean Guay
 • Federal riding Abitibi—Baie-James—
Nunavik—Eeyou
 • Prov. riding Abitibi-Est
Area[1][2]
 • Total 489.50 km2 (189.00 sq mi)
 • Land 425.33 km2 (164.22 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 1,433
 • Density 3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 15.7%
 • Dwellings 656
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Postal code(s) J0Y 2H0
Area code(s) 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.[3]

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

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  4. Institut de la statistique du Québec, Modifications aux municipalités du Québec Août 2009, Québec, ISSN 0843-8250
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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