Launay is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality.

Launay
Township municipality
Location within Abitibi RCM.
Launay Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°39′N 78°32′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi
Settled	c. 1917
Constituted	May 18, 1921
Named for	Jean-Baptiste Leporquier de Launay[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Claude Lamoureux
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	257.00 km2 (99.23 sq mi)
• Land	258.24 km2 (99.71 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	229
• Density	0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.3%
• Dwellings	97
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Y 1W0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 111
Website	www.launay.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Launay had a population of 211 living in 97 of its 99 total private dwellings, a change of -3.2% from its 2016 population of 218. With a land area of 257.8 km² (99.5 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km² (2.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population trend:[5]

• Population in 2011: 229 (2006 to 2011 population change: 1.3%)
• Population in 2006: 226
• Population in 2001: 259
• Population in 1996: 260
• Population in 1991: 272

Mother tongue:[6]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 95.6%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 4.4%

Municipal council

• Mayor: Claude Lamoureux
• Councillors: Claude Audy, Gilles Labbé, Éloi Lambert, André Morin, Fernande Sylvain, Carmelle Veillette

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