Lorrainville is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

History

The geographic township of Duhamel, created in 1877 (named after Joseph-Thomas Duhamel), was opened for colonization in 1884. The settlement was named after Narcisse-Zéphirin Lorrain (1842-1915), bishop of Pembroke at that time. In 1889, its post office opened. The place saw significant growth in 1905, when it became an important agricultural centre. In 1910, the Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes-de-Lorrainville was established. In 1912, the Parish Municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Lorrainville was created when it separated from the Township Municipality of Duhamel and the United Township Municipality of Laverlochère et Baby, with Joseph Bellehumour as its first mayor. It was later renamed to Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes-de-Lorrainville.

In 1930, the village centre of the parish municipality separated to become the Village Municipality of Lorrainville, with Eddy Guimond as its first mayor. In 1994, these two entities rejoined again to become the Municipality of Lorrainville.

Demographics

Historical census populations – Lorrainville

Year	Pop.	±%
1996	1,507	—
2001	1,411	−6.4%
2006	1,325	−6.1%
2011	1,328	+0.2%
2016	1,272	−4.2%
2021	1,286	+1.1%
Population figures based on revised counts. Source: Statistics Canada

Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 0.8%
• French as first language: 97.7%
• English and French as first language: 1.2%
• Other as first language: 0.4%

Historical census populations – Lorrainville (Village) Year Pop. ±% 1931 466 —     1941 562 +20.6% 1951 731 +30.1% 1956 770 +5.3% 1961 945 +22.7% 1966 887 −6.1% 1971 906 +2.1% 1976 974 +7.5% 1981 1,144 +17.5% 1986 1,153 +0.8% 1991 1,061 −8.0% Source: Statistics Canada

Historical census populations – Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes-de-Lorrainville (Parish) Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,160 —     1931 780 −32.8% 1941 671 −14.0% 1951 654 −2.5% 1956 707 +8.1% 1961 707 +0.0% 1966 699 −1.1% 1971 528 −24.5% 1976 435 −17.6% 1981 381 −12.4% 1986 355 −6.8% 1991 391 +10.1% Source: Statistics Canada

Local government

List of former mayors (since formation of current municipality):

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• Philippe Boutin (...–2005, 2009–2013)
• Marc Champagne (2005–2009)
• Simon Gélinas (2013–2023)
• Jean Martineau (2023–present)

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec