L'Ange-Gardien, Outaouais, Quebec

Infobox Settlement
official_name = L'Ange-Gardien
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Quebec
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Outaouais
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established_title2 = Incorporation
established_date2 = 1979
government_type = Municipality
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Armand Renaud
area_total_km2 = 224.17
area_land_km2 = 217.51
area_water_km2 =
area_footnotes = [Total area: [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/cgi-bin/repert1.pl?region=&mrc=&geo=82005&muni= Affaires municipales et régions Québec (MAMR)]
Land area: Statistics Canada]
population_as_of= 2006
population_footnotes = [Statistics Canada 2006 census (Note that MAMR shows a 2006 population of 4428)]
population_total = 4348
population_density_km2 = 20.0
timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
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postal_code_type = Postal Code
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latd = 45 | latm = 39 | lats = | latNS = N
longd = 75 | longm = 27 | longs = | longEW = W
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website = [http://www.ville.lange-gardien.qc.ca/ www.ville.lange-gardien.qc.ca]
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L'Ange-Gardien (French for "guardian angel") is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It constitutes the eastern-most part of the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, north of the Buckingham Sector of the City of Gatineau.

The municipality straddles both sides of the Du Lièvre River. The following communities and villages are within its boundaries:
*Glen Almond
*Neilon
*Ribot

History

In 1861, a parish was formed and named L'Ange-Gardien. In 1869, a post office serving the parish and village was established. In 1881, it was separated from Buckingham Canton and formed into a parish municipality. cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=177362&Latitude=45,58333&Longitude=-75,45&Zoom=1700 |title=L'Ange-Gardien |accessdate=2008-04-10 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French] In 1915 the village of Angers was separated from L'Ange-Gardien.

On January 1, 1975 L'Ange-Gardien, Buckingham, Masson, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Angers, Buckingham-South-East, and Buckingham-South-West were merged to form the City of Buckingham. But because of adverse public reaction, this merger did not last long. On January 1, 1980 the former municipalities of West Buckingham, Buckingham Township, and L'Ange-Gardien Parish were reorganized into the Municipality of L'Ange-Gardien. cite web |url=http://www.ville.lange-gardien.qc.ca/index.aspx?Lang=e&ID=9 |title=Municipality of L'Ange-Gardien History |publisher=Municipalité de L'Ange-Gardien |accessdate=2008-04-08]

Demographics

Population: [Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census]
* Population in 2006: 4348
* Population in 2001: 3610
** 2001 to 2006 population change: 20.4 %
* Population in 1996: 3521
* Population in 1991: 2815

Total private dwellings (excluding seasonal cottages): 1492

Languages:
* English as first language: 16 %
* French as first language: 82 %
* English and French as first language: 1 %
* Other as first language: 1 %

References

Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = L'Ange-Gardien
North = Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Mulgrave-et-Derry
Northeast =
East = Mayo
Southeast = Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
South = Gatineau
Southwest =
West = Val-des-Monts
Northwest =