La Reine, Quebec

La Reine
Motto: 
La joie des arrivées et les sanglots des départs
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
La Reine is located in Western Quebec
La Reine
La Reine
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°52′N 79°30′W / 48.867°N 79.500°W / 48.867; -79.500[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMAbitibi-Ouest
Settled1913
ConstitutedSeptember 19, 1981
Government
 • MayorFanny Dupras-Rossier
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Ouest
Area
 • Total98.49 km2 (38.03 sq mi)
 • Land97.63 km2 (37.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total307
 • Density3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Decrease 9.4%
 • Dwellings
164
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code819
HighwaysNo major routes
Websitelareine.ao.ca Edit this at Wikidata

La Reine is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the La Reine River in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 307 in the Canada 2021 Census.

The place is named after La Reine Regiment (French for "the Queen"), that was founded in 1634 and fought under General Montcalm at the Battle of Carillon and Battle of Quebec.[1]

  1. ^ a b "La Reine (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  2. ^ a b "La Reine". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  3. ^ a b "La Reine, Quebec (Code 2487080) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.