La Motte | |
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 Location within Abitibi RCM | |
  La Motte Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°20′N 78°07′W / 48.333°N 78.117°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi |
| Settled | 1910s |
| Constituted | May 30, 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Réjean Richard |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
| • Total | 216.05 km2 (83.42 sq mi) |
| • Land | 175.48 km2 (67.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 478 |
| • Density | 2.7/km2 (7/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  5.5% |
| • Dwellings | 264 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-109 |
| Website | www |
La Motte is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality and the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
In the Abitibi area the village of "La Motte" has four namesakes: La Motte Township, the municipality of La Motte, La Motte lake (formed by a widening of the Harricana River) and the Bay of La Motte (located on the lake in the town of Malartic La Motte). The name of the municipality was chosen in honor of Guillaume-Jérôme Vacquier de Lamothe, a French army officer who served under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm; he had been a captain in the regiment of Béarn in Montcalm's army.[1][4]
As of 2013, the town did not have a restaurant or inn. In preparation for the potential media influx due to the papability of Cardinal Ouellet after the resignation of pope Benedict XVI, an old church basement had been converted into a media centre.[5]
- ^ a b Commission de toponymie du Québec - Fiche descriptive : La Motte
- ^ a b "La Motte". Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
SC21was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Commission of toponymy of Quebec - Fact Sheet: La Motte
- ^ CTV News Channel, CTV News, 9:05pm EST, 4 March 2013 airdate