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Poularies is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 164.95 km² and had a population of 679 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

Poularies
Municipality
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
Poularies Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°40′N 78°59′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1916
Constituted	May 7, 1924
Government [2]
• Mayor	Claude Blais
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	168.20 km2 (64.94 sq mi)
• Land	170.41 km2 (65.80 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	679
• Density	4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.0%
• Dwellings	276
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 3E0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 101 Route 390
Website	poularies.ao.ca

The municipality was incorporated on May 7, 1924.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2011: 679 (2006 to 2011 population change: -2.0%)
• Population in 2006: 693
• Population in 2001: 751
• Population in 1996: 838
• Population in 1991: 835

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 272 (total dwellings: 276)

Mother tongue:[5]

• English as first language: 3.6%
• French as first language: 95.0%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 1.4%

Municipal council

• Mayor: Gino Levesque
• Councillors: Johanne Bolduc, Diane Bouchard, Sophie Dallaire, Solange Maheux, Lucie Noël, Patrick Thiffault

References

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