La Corne

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La Corne (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.

The place is named in honour of Louis de La Corne (1703–1761), a French naval officer who was wounded in the Battle of Sainte-Foy in 1760. Until 1978, the place name was incorrectly spelled as Lacorne.[1]

From 1955 to 1965, La Corne was home to Canada's only lithium mine. The underground mine had a Script error: No such module "convert". deep shaft and lateral workings on three levels, and provided lithium to the glass and ceramics industries. With the advent of lithium batteries for electric cars and a myriad of consumer electronic products, the mine is currently being studied for reopening in late 2012 as an open-pit mine.[2]Template:Update inline

History

The municipality of La Corne was founded in 1975 under the name Lacorne. The name was changed to the current La Corne in 1978.[3]

Demographics

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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 322 (total dwellings: 382)[4]

Mother tongue (2021):[4]

  • English as first language: 0.6%
  • French as first language: 98.7%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0.6%

Government

Municipal council (as of 2023):[5]

  • Mayor: Éric Comeau[6]
  • Councillors: Gaétan Goyette, André Gélinas, Samuel Vaillancourt, Yanick Hamel, André Beauchemin, Annie Grandmont

List of former mayors:[3]

  • Lionel Nadon (1975–1978)
  • Adélard St-Pierre (1978–1979)
  • Eloi Hamel (1979–1980)
  • Jean Claude Trottier (1980–1983, 1985–1989)
  • Yvon Vaillancourts (1983–1985, 1989–1996)
  • Gérald St-Pierre (1996–1998)
  • Yvon Vigneault (1998–2006)
  • Michel Lévesque (2006–2013, 2021–2023)
  • Éric Comeau (2013–2021, 2023–present)[6]

References

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