La Corne
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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La Corne is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
La Corne | |
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Coordinates: 48°21′N 78°00′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Abitibi |
Settled | c. 1935 |
Constituted | August 2, 1975 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Éric Comeau |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
Area | |
• Total | 332.26 km2 (128.29 sq mi) |
• Land | 308.13 km2 (118.97 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 778 |
• Density | 2.5/km2 (6/sq mi) |
• Pop (2016-21) | 8.2% |
• Dwellings | 382 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | R-111 |
Website | www |
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.[1]
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.[4][needs update]