Béarn is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
in northwestern
Quebec
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,
Canada
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in the
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
Témiscamingue is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie.
Though Témiscamingue borders Pontiac Regional County Municipality to the south, it is not possi ...
.
History
The place was first incorporated as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Placide in 1913, taking its name from the parish that was founded two years earlier. Because it was known as Béarn in common use, the name was changed in 1936 to Saint-Placide-de-Béarn, and in 1983, it changed status to municipality and the name was shortened to the current name.
Demographics
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
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, 2001
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, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
* Population in 2016: 690 (2006 to 2011 population change: -11.9%)
* Population in 2011: 775 (2006 to 2011 population change: -12.2%)
* Population in 2006: 883
* Population in 2001: 942
* Population in 1996: 973
* Population in 1991: 1014
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 327 (total dwellings: 386)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0.7%
* French as first language: 98.6%
* English and French as first language: 0.7%
* Other as first language: 0%
See also
*
List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
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