Laniel is an unorganized territory in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality

Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Témiscamingue is a county regional municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie....

, Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a region located in western Quebec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of 57,674.26 km2 . As of the 2006 census, the population of the region was 143,872 inhabitants.-History:The land was first occupied...

 region, Quebec, Canada. It surrounds the northern portion of Lake Kipawa.

Laniel is also a hamlet located within this territory at the outflow of Lake Kipawa where Route 101

Quebec route 101

Route 101 is a highway in northwestern Quebec running in a north to south direction.In the north the highway begins at Route 111 in Macamic and ends at Témiscaming, a town bordering with Thorne, Ontario on the Ottawa River...

 crosses the Kipawa River

Kipawa River

The Kipawa River is a short river in western Quebec, Canada. It is mostly an undeveloped river but the larger lakes have dams, fishing camps, and cottages on their shores. The communities of Kipawa and Laniel are located on Lake Kipawa. Also much logging takes place within its watershed basin,...

. It was named in honour of priest Armand Laniel (1866-1928).

Until 2005, Laniel and Lacs-du-Témiscamingue

Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Quebec

Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue is a vast unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada...

Unorganized Territories were part of the Rivière-Kipawa Unorganized Territory.

Demographics

Population:

• Population in 2006: 150
• Population in 2001: 85 (adjusted for boundary changes)

Total private dwellings (excluding seasonal cottages): 72