Larouche is a municipality in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada, part of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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. It is located along Quebec Route 170

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 between Jonquière and Saint-Bruno

Saint-Bruno, Quebec

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, just south of the Saguenay River

Saguenay River

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History

In the early 1910s, several families settled in the area. In 1911, the settlement got its post office and in 1922, the Parish Municipality of Larouche was incorporated, named after William Larouche (1835-1917), a pioneer who was among the area's first settlers.

In 2000, the parish municipality changed its status to municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 1200 (2001 to 2006 population change: 14.3 %)
• Population in 2001: 1050
• Population in 1996: 1049
• Population in 1991: 1004

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 474 (total dwellings: 586)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 0 %
• French as first language: 99 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 1 %