Saint-Marc-de-Figuery

Saint-Marc-de-Figuery (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁk də fiɡəʁi]) is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. It is part of the census agglomeration of Amos.

Saint-Marc-de-Figuery
Parish municipality
Route 111 through St-Marc-de-Figuery
Location within Abitibi RCM
St-Marc-de-Figuery Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°28′N 78°03′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi
Settled	c. 1915
Constituted	November 10, 1926
Named after	Mark the Evangelist and Étienne-Guillaume Figuery[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	André Rioux
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	92.80 km2 (35.83 sq mi)
• Land	80.79 km2 (31.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	868
• Density	10.7/km2 (28/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	4.1%
• Dwellings	386
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Y 1J0
Area code	819
Highways	R-111 R-386
Website	www.saint-marc-de-figuery.org

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Marc-de-Figuery had a population of 868 living in 352 of its 386 total private dwellings, a change of 4.1% from its 2016 population of 834. With a land area of 80.79 km² (31.19 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.7/km² (27.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Historical census populations – Saint-Marc-de-Figuery

Year Pop. ±% 1931 445 —     1941 558 +25.4% 1951 640 +14.7% 1956 656 +2.5% 1961 608 −7.3% 1966 631 +3.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1971 619 −1.9% 1976 497 −19.7% 1981 533 +7.2% 1986 506 −5.1% 1991 584 +15.4% 1996 580 −0.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 615 +6.0% 2006 692 +12.5% 2011 771 +11.4% 2016 834 +8.2% 2021 868 +4.1%
Population figures based on revised counts. Source: Statistics Canada

Mother tongues spoken are:^[3]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 100%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0.6%

Government

Municipal council (as of 2023):^[2]

• Mayor: André Rioux
• Councillors: Martin Thibeault, Gaetan Boutin, Mathieu Breton, Jocelyn Lantagne, Johanne Sabourin, Yvon Lantagne