La Motte (Québec)
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Abitibi | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 20 ′ N , 78 ° 7 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 214.4 km² | ||
| Residents : | 457 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 2.1 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 88045 | ||
| Postal code : | J0Y 1T0 | ||
| Area code : | +1 819 | ||
| Foundation : | May 30, 1921 | ||
| Mayor : | René Martineau | ||
| Website : | www.municipalitedelamotte.ca | ||
 La Motte Municipal Office |
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La Motte is a municipality ( Municipalité ) in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue administrative region in the Canadian province of Québec .
Since the curial cardinal Marc Ouellet from La Motte was considered papabile in the conclave of 2013 , the cellar of an old church had been converted into a media center due to the rush of press.
geography
The community is located in southwest Quebec between the cities of Amos and Malartic , from which it is approximately 30 km away.
The nearby Route 117 to Val-d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda are achieved. The Route 109 leads in a north-south direction through the municipality. The eastern border of the territory is formed by the Rivière Harricana , which forms two bulges at the height of La Motte: Lac Malartic to the southeast and Lac La Motte to the northeast of the village.
The municipal area has a size of 214.40 km², of which 176.76 km² are land and 37.64 km² are water. In 2011 the population was 457, which is an increase of 15.7% compared to 2006.
history
With the arrival of the railway in Amos in 1913, the area around La Motte could be well populated. The route led from Abitibi via Lac-aux-Sables , La Tuque and Senneterre to the city of Québec . The number of settlers in northwest Québec increased significantly as a result.
La Motte is named after Guillaume-Jérôme Vacquier de Lamothe, a French officer who fought under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm .
sons and daughters of the town
- Marc Ouellet , Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (* 1944)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presentation of the mayor on the La Motte website ( Memento of the original of February 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ↑ Commission de toponymie Québec (French)
