title: La Corne
text: # La Corne
  
  La Corne is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec in Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
  
  The place is named in honour of Louis de La Corne (1703–1761), a French naval officer who was wounded in the Battle of Sainte-Foy in 1760. Until 1978, the place name was incorrectly spelled as Lacorne.
  
  From 1955 to 1965, La Corne was home to Canada's only lithium mine. The underground mine had a 150 m (490 ft) deep shaft and lateral workings on three levels, and provided lithium to the glass and ceramics industries. With the advent of lithium batteries for electric cars and a myriad of consumer electronic products, the mine is currently being studied for reopening in late 2012 as an open-pit mine.
  
  ## History
  
  The municipality of La Corne was founded in 1975 under the name Lacorne. The name was changed to the current La Corne in 1978.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1976 | 608 | — |
  | 1981 | 631 | +3.8% |
  | 1986 | 642 | +1.7% |
  | 1991 | 616 | −4.0% |
  | 1996 | 621 | +0.8% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | 2001 | 629 | +1.3% |
  | 2006 | 682 | +8.4% |
  | 2011 | 700 | +2.6% |
  | 2016 | 719 | +2.7% |
  | 2021 | 778 | +8.2% |
  
  Source: Statistics Canada :
  
  Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 322 (total dwellings: 382)
  
  Mother tongue (2021):
  
  * English as first language: 0.6%
  * French as first language: 98.7%
  * English and French as first language: 0%
  * Other as first language: 0.6%
  
  ## Government
  
  Municipal council (as of 2023):
  
  * Mayor: Éric Comeau
  * Councillors: Gaétan Goyette, André Gélinas, Samuel Vaillancourt, Yanick Hamel, André Beauchemin, Annie Grandmont
  
  List of former mayors:
  
  * Lionel Nadon (1975–1978)
  * Adélard St-Pierre (1978–1979)
  * Eloi Hamel (1979–1980)
  * Jean Claude Trottier (1980–1983, 1985–1989)
  * Yvon Vaillancourts (1983–1985, 1989–1996)
  * Gérald St-Pierre (1996–1998)
  * Yvon Vigneault (1998–2006)
  * Michel Lévesque (2006–2013, 2021–2023)
  * Éric Comeau (2013–2021, 2023–present)
  