Taschereau is a

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in northwestern

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Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (''English: Abitibi West'') is a regional county municipality located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. Its seat is La Sarre. Subdivisions There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Citi ...

. It covers 246.97 km² and had a population of 898 as of the

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. The municipality was incorporated on December 27, 2001.

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada:

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census * Population in 2021: 898 (2016 to 2021 population change: -6.7%) * Population in 2016: 963 * Population in 2011: 981 * Population in 2006: 996 * Population total in 2001: 1048 ** Taschereau (village): 534 ** Taschereau (municipality): 514 * Population in 1996: ** Taschereau (village): 641 ** Taschereau (municipality): 460 (or 534 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries) * Population in 1991: ** Taschereau (village): 684 ** Taschereau (municipality): 476 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 425 (total dwellings: 460) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 100% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

* Mayor: Manon Luneau * Councillors: Julien Chalifoux, Jocelyne Deschênes, Pascal Houle, Henri Lampron, Louis-Georges Lemire, Louise Paquin,

References

{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Designated places in Quebec Populated places established in 1911