Authier is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in northwestern

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 282 in the Canada 2011 Census. The municipality was constituted on September 20, 1918, and is named after

Hector Authier Hector Authier (November 4, 1881 – April 14, 1971) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and news reporter/announcer. Background He was born on November 4, 1881 in Ange-Gardien, Quebec. Mayor He served as the first Mayor of Amos, Quebec i ...

(1881–1971).

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada:

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

, 2006, 2011 census * Population in 2011: 282 (2006 to 2011 population change: 14.2%) * Population in 2006: 247 * Population in 2001: 318 * Population in 1996: 324 * Population in 1991: 361 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 118 (total dwellings: 123) 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: Pierre Lambert * Councillors: Angèle Auger, Nathalie Ayotte, Marcel Cloutier, Ghislain Desaulniers, Joël Morissette, Serge Plante

References

Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Populated places established in 1918 {{AbitibiTémiscamingue-geo-stub