Rivière-Héva is a municipality

Municipality

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 in northwestern Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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 in the MRC de La Vallée-de-l'Or

La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Vallée-de-l'Or is a Regional County Municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its Gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River valleys...

. It is named after the Héva River that flows through the municipality.

History

In 1935 as part of the Vautrin

Irénée Vautrin

-Background:He was born on December 21, 1888 near Napierville and became an architect.-Member of the legislature:Vautrin ran as a Liberal candidate in the 1919 election for the district of Montréal-Saint-Jacques and won, but was defeated by Conservative candidate Joseph-Ambroise-Eusèbe Beaudoin in...

 Settlement Plan, the place was colonized, originally called Aux Quatre-Coins (French for "At Four Corners"). In 1981, it was incorporated as a municipality.

On August 29, 2009, Rivière-Héva was greatly enlarged when it absorbed the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Fouillac

Lac-Fouillac, Quebec

Lac-Fouillac is a former unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, now part the Municipality of Rivière-Héva in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality....

 and the western portion of the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Granet

Lac-Granet, Quebec

Lac-Granet is an unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is one of five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality....

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Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1056 (2001 to 2006 population change: -5.6 %)
  • Lac-Fouillac: 91
• Population in 2001:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1119
  • Lac-Fouillac: 77
• Population in 1996:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1096
  • Lac-Fouillac: 174
• Population in 1991:
  • Rivière-Héva: 1043
  • Lac-Fouillac: 168

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0 %
• French as first language: 100 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 0 %