Lac-Granet is an
unorganized territory in the
Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of
Quebec
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, Canada. It is one of five unorganized territories in the
La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality
La Vallée-de-l'Or ''(The Golden Valley)'' is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River va ...
.
Until July 6, 1996, Lac-Granet was a large unorganized territory encompassing . On that day, most of it was added to the City of
Val-d'Or
Val-d'Or (, , ; "Golden Valley" or "Valley of Gold") is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,752 inhabitants according to the Canada 2021 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife ...
. It retained only two small non-contiguous areas totalling , of which its western part was a small section of land straddling the north shore of Lake Lemoine and its eastern part is an almost square tract surrounding Lake Granet, mostly part of the
La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve
La Vérendrye wildlife reserve is one of the largest reserves in the province of Quebec, Canada, covering of contiguous land and lake area (Assinica wildlife reserve is the largest in the province, but its territory is broken up in four non-cont ...
.
On August 29, 2009, Lac-Granet was reduced in size again when its western portion, together with the Unorganized Territory of
Lac-Fouillac
Lac-Fouillac is a former unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, now part the Municipality of Rivière-Héva in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.
In July 2007, the residents of Lac-Fou ...
, were added to the
Municipality of Rivière-Héva. The remaining territory is uninhabited.
Demographics
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, ]2006
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, 2011
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census
* Population in 2011: 0
* Population in 2006: 92 (0 after 2009 adjustment)
* Population in 2001: 94
* Population in 1996: 6
* Population in 1991: 5
References
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Unorganized territories in Abitibi-Témiscamingue