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Gallichan is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality located along the banks of the Duparquet River. It had a population of 484 in the Canada 2011 Census.

Gallichan
Municipality
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Gallichan Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°36′N 79°17′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1922
Constituted	January 1, 1958
Government [2]
• Mayor	André Légaré
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	97.30 km2 (37.57 sq mi)
• Land	74.60 km2 (28.80 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	484
• Density	6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.7%
• Dwellings	307
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 2B0
Area code	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.gallichan.ao.ca

The municipality was constituted on January 1, 1958.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2011: 484 (2006 to 2011 population change: 5.7%)
• Population in 2006: 458
• Population in 2001: 476
• Population in 1996: 478
• Population in 1991: 482

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 193 (total dwellings: 307)

Mother tongue:[5]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 97.8%
• English and French as first language: 2.2%
• Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

• Mayor: André Légaré
• Councillors: Serge Marquis, Claude Bourque, Martine Goulet Gosselin, Brigitte Rivard, Henri Bourque, Éric Fournier [6]

References

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