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| Ville de La Tuque | |||
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| Motto: Industriis et labore cresco (Industry and work to grow) |
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| Location in Quebec, Canada | |||
| Coordinates: 47°27′N 72°47′W / 47.45°N 72.783°W | |||
| Country | |||
| Province | |||
| Region | Mauricie | ||
| Census division | La Tuque | ||
| Government [1] | |||
| - Type | City | ||
| - Mayor | Réjean Gaudreault | ||
| Area [2] | |||
| - Land | 25,104.59 km2 (9,692.9 sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 25.84 km2 (10 sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 25,431.76 km2 (9,819.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006)[2] | |||
| - City | 11,821 | ||
| - Density | 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 9,716 | ||
| - Urban Density | 376.0/km2 (973.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 15,293 | ||
| - Metro Density | 0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Area code(s) | 819 | ||
La Tuque is a city in south central Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. In 1960 it had a population of just over 11,000 (Latuquois).
La Tuque became the largest municipality in land area in Quebec, and second largest in Canada (38,000 km²) after it was merged with the village of Parent, the municipalities of La Bostonnais, La Croche, and Lac-Édouard, and the unorganized territories of Kiskissink, Lac-Berlinguet, Lac-des-Moires, Lac-Pellerin, Lac-Tourlay, Obedjiwan, Petit-Lac-Wayagamac, and Rivière-Windigo on March 26, 2003. The former city of La Tuque had itself been formed from the merger of La Tuque and La Tuque Falls in 1911.
The name, which dates to the eighteenth century, originates from a nearby rock formation which resembles the well-known French-Canadian hat known as the tuque. In 1823-24, the explorer François Verreault described the location as
The local economy centres on pulp and paper; the city has a pulp-milling centre as well as a major hydroelectric station. The local scenery offers tourism opportunities as well; the city is known as the Queen of Haute-Mauricie and the Classique internationale de canots de la Mauricie canoeing race begins at La Tuque.
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The Mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. La Tuque has had fifteen mayors, since its incorporation as a city. [3]
| # | Mayor | Taking Office | Leaving |
| 1 | Wenceslas Plante | 1911 | 1915 |
| 2 | Alphondor Roy | 1915 | 1920 |
| 3 | Donat E. Hardy | 1920 | 1921 |
| 4 | Wellie Juneau | 1921 | 1921 |
| 5 | Réal Gravel | 1921 | 1923 |
| 1 | Wenceslas Plante | 1923 | 1927 |
| 6 | François-Xavier Lamontagne | 1927 | 1935 |
| 7 | Joseph-Omer Journeault [4] | 1935 | 1944 |
| 8 | Omer Veillette | 1944 | 1947 |
| 7 | Joseph-Omer Journeault | 1947 | 1951 |
| 9 | Léo-Joffre Pilon [5] | 1951 | 1955 |
| 10 | J.-Onésime Dallaire | 1955 | 1961 |
| 11 | Lucien Filion [6] | 1961 | 1985 [7] |
| 12 | Clément Filion | 1985 | 1985 |
| 13 | André Duchesneau | 1985 | 1991 |
| 14 | Gaston Fortin [8] | 1991 | 2003 |
| 15 | Réjean Gaudreault [9] | 2003 | Current |
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