La Corne
# La Corne

La Corne is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.

The place is named in honour of Louis de La Corne (1703–1761), a French naval officer who was wounded in the Battle of Sainte-Foy in 1760. Until 1978, the place name was incorrectly spelled as Lacorne.

From 1955 to 1965, La Corne was home to Canada's only lithium mine. The underground mine had a 150 m (490 ft) deep shaft and lateral workings on three levels, and provided lithium to the glass and ceramics industries. With the advent of lithium batteries for electric cars and a myriad of consumer electronic products, the mine is currently being studied for reopening in late 2012 as an open-pit mine.

## History

The municipality of La Corne was founded in 1975 under the name Lacorne. The name was changed to the current La Corne in 1978.

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| - | - | - |
| 1976 | 608 | — |
| 1981 | 631 | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 642 | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 616 | −4.0% |
| 1996 | 621 | +0.8% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2001 | 629 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 682 | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 700 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 719 | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 778 | +8.2% |

Source: Statistics Canada :

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 322 (total dwellings: 382)

Mother tongue (2021):

* English as first language: 0.6%
* French as first language: 98.7%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0.6%

## Government

Municipal council (as of 2023):

* Mayor: Éric Comeau
* Councillors: Gaétan Goyette, André Gélinas, Samuel Vaillancourt, Yanick Hamel, André Beauchemin, Annie Grandmont

List of former mayors:

* Lionel Nadon (1975–1978)
* Adélard St-Pierre (1978–1979)
* Eloi Hamel (1979–1980)
* Jean Claude Trottier (1980–1983, 1985–1989)
* Yvon Vaillancourts (1983–1985, 1989–1996)
* Gérald St-Pierre (1996–1998)
* Yvon Vigneault (1998–2006)
* Michel Lévesque (2006–2013, 2021–2023)
* Éric Comeau (2013–2021, 2023–present)
