La Motte is a municipality in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Quebec

Quebec

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, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality

Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Abitibi Regional County Municipality is located in Northwestern Quebec. The Regional County Municipality seat is Amos.-Municipalities:*Barraute*Berry*Champneuf*La Corne*La Morandière*La Motte*Preissac*Rochebaucourt*Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire...

 and the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Abitibi-Témiscamingue

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. It is named after Guillaume-Jérôme Vacquier de Lamothe, a French army officer who served under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

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Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 395 (2001 to 2006 population change: -2.7 %)
• Population in 2001: 406
• Population in 1996: 409
• Population in 1991: 415

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 178 (total dwellings: 252)

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: René Martineau
• Councillors: Jean-Marc Albert, Claude Hardy, Léopold Larouche, Jocelyne Lefebvre, Oliver Lemieux, Jocelyne Wheelhouse

Notable people

• Cardinal Marc Ouellet of the Roman Catholic Church, born in La Motte on June 8, 1944.