Larouche | |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec |
Coordinates: | 48.45°N -102°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1910 |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | March 21, 1922 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Réjean Bédard |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 89.60 |
Area Land Km2: | 85.21 |
Population Total: | 1486 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | 17.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2011–16) |
Population Blank1: | 16.4% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 778 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Larouche is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, part of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality. It is located along Quebec Route 170 between Jonquière and Saint-Bruno, just south of the Saguenay River.
In the early 1910s, several families settled in the area. In 1911, the settlement got its post office and in 1922, the Parish Municipality of Larouche was incorporated, named after William Larouche (1835-1917), a pioneer who was among the area's first settlers.[3]
In 2000, the parish municipality changed its status to municipality.[3]
Population trend:[4]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 637 (total dwellings: 778)
Mother tongue:[5]