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La Corne is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.

La Corne
Municipality
Location within Abitibi RCM.
La Corne Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°21′N 78°00′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi
Settled	c. 1935
Constituted	August 2, 1975
Government [2]
• Mayor	Michel Lévesque
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	329.90 km2 (127.38 sq mi)
• Land	310.43 km2 (119.86 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	700
• Density	2.3/km2 (6/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.6%
• Dwellings	404
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Y 1R0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 111
Website	www.lacorne.ca

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 150 m (490 ft) 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.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

• Population in 2011: 700 (2006 to 2011 population change: 2.6%)
• Population in 2006: 682
• Population in 2001: 629
• Population in 1996: 621
• Population in 1991: 616

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 283 (total dwellings: 404)

Mother tongue:[6]

• English as first language: 1.5%
• French as first language: 98.5%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

• Mayor: Michel Lévesque
• Councillors: André Beauchemin, Éric Comeau, André Gélinas, Michel Larouche, Martin St-Pierre, Véronique Veilleux

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