Launay () is a
township municipality
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Quebec
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, located in the
Abitibi Regional County Municipality
Abitibi Regional County Municipality () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The seat is Amos.
Subdivisions
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (1)
* Amos
;Municipalities (10 ...
.
The municipality is named after Jean-Baptiste Leporquier de Launay, a military commander and captain of the
Guyenne Regiment from the mid-18th century.
Its economy is dependent on agriculture and forestry.
History
The town's origin began with the construction of the railway station along the
National Transcontinental Railway
The National Transcontinental Railway (NTR) was a historic railway between Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Moncton, New Brunswick, in Canada. Much of the line is now operated by the Canadian National Railway.
The Grand Trunk partnership
The completion o ...
in 1913. In 1916, the geographic township was established, and settlement began the following year. On May 18, 1921, the Township Municipality of Launay was created out of unincorporated territory. Its first school was built in 1922, and its post office opened the following year (which closed in 1956).
[
In 1947, Launay was connected to the electrical grid, and in 1961, to the telephone system. In 1971, the Canadian National railway company closed Launay Station, which was demolished in 1988. That same year, the municipal sewer network was installed.]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
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conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Launay had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.[
Mother tongue (2021):][
* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 100%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0%
]
Government
Local government
Municipal council (as of 2023):
Political representation
Federally, Launay is part of the federal riding of Abitibi—Témiscamingue. In the 2025 Canadian federal election
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, the incumbent Sébastien Lemire of the Bloc Québécois
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was re-elected to represent the population Launay in the House of Commons of Canada
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.
Provincially it is part of the riding of Abitibi-Ouest. In the 2022 Quebec general election
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the incumbent MNA Suzanne Blais, of the Coalition Avenir Québec
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.
References
External links
Official website
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Township municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue