Rivière-Héva is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. It is named after the Héva River that flows through the municipality.

Rivière-Héva
Municipality
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM.
Rivière-Héva Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°14′N 78°13′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	La Vallée-de-l'Or
Settled	1935
Constituted	January 1, 1982
Government [2]
• Mayor	Réjean Guay
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Est
Area [2][3]
• Total	489.50 km2 (189.00 sq mi)
• Land	425.33 km2 (164.22 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,433
• Density	3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	15.7%
• Dwellings	656
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Y 2H0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 109 Route 117 (TCH)

History

In 1935 as part of the Vautrin Settlement Plan, the place was colonized, originally called Aux Quatre-Coins (French for "At Four Corners"). In 1981, it was incorporated as a municipality.[1]

On August 29, 2009, Rivière-Héva was greatly enlarged when it absorbed the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Fouillac and the western portion of the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Granet.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

• Population in 2006:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1056 (2001 to 2006 population change: -5.6%)
  • Lac-Fouillac: 91
• Population in 2001:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1119
  • Lac-Fouillac: 77
• Population in 1996:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1096
  • Lac-Fouillac: 174
• Population in 1991:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1043
  • Lac-Fouillac: 168

Mother tongue:[6]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

References