Wickham, Quebec

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Wickham

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|settlement_type = Municipality

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|image_map = Wickham Quebec location diagram.PNG

|map_caption = Location within Drummond RCM.

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec.

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

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|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Centre-du-Québec

|subdivision_type3 = RCM

|subdivision_name3 = Drummond

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|established_title1 = Constituted

|established_date1 = December 23, 1972

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|government_footnotes = [http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/49040/ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Wickham][http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=182 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: DRUMMOND (Quebec)]

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Carole Côté

|leader_title1 = Federal riding

|leader_name1 = Drummond

|leader_title2 = Prov. riding

|leader_name2 = Johnson

|area_footnotes = [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2449040&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Wickham&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Wickham, Quebec]

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|area_total_km2 = 99.10

|area_land_km2 = 98.75

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|population_total = 2470

|population_as_of = 2011

|population_density_km2 = 25.0

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|population_blank1_title = Pop 2006-2011

|population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 1.3%

|population_blank2_title = Dwellings

|population_blank2 = 994

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|timezone = EST

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|postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

|postal_code = J0C 1S0

|area_code = 819

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|website = {{URL|www.wickham.ca}}

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Wickham ({{IPA|fr|wikam}}) is a municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,470.

Demographics

=Population=

Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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Census

! Population

! Change (%)

2011

| 2,470

| {{decrease}} 1.3%

2006

| 2,503

| {{decrease}} 0.5%

2001

| 2,516

| {{increase}} 5.9%

1996

| 2,376

| {{increase}} 8.4%

1991

| 2,191

| N/A

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Mother tongue language (2006)[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2449040&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Wickham&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Wickham, Quebec]

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Language

! Population

! Pct (%)

French only

| 2,415

| 96.79%

English only

| 10

| 0.40%

Both English and French

| 0

| 0.00%

Other languages

| 70

| 2.81%

See also

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{{Geographic Location (8-way)

| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions

| Northwest = Saint-Germain-de-Grantham

| North =

| Northeast = Drummondville

| West = Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton

| Centre = Wickham

| East =

| Southwest = Saint-Théodore-d'Acton

| South =

| Southeast = Lefebvre

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{{Drummond RCM|state=expanded}}

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Category:Municipalities in Quebec

Category:Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec