Chazel, Quebec
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| Chazel | |
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| Municipality | |
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  Chazel | |
| Coordinates: 48°52′N 79°03′W / 48.867°N 79.050°WCoordinates: 48°52′N 79°03′W / 48.867°N 79.050°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Settled | 1917 |
| Constituted | February 19, 1938 |
| Government[2] | |
| • Mayor | Daniel Favreau |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 138.90 km2 (53.63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 134.30 km2 (51.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 289 |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 10.0% |
| • Dwellings | 125 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0Z 1N0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www.chazel.ao.ca |
Chazel is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 289 in the Canada 2011 Census.
The municipality was incorporated on February 19, 1938, as the Municipality of Saint-Janvier, and commonly known as Saint-Janvier-de-Chazel. In 1991, it was renamed to Chazel, named after Guillaume Chazel, a French soldier who died in 1725 near Cape Breton.[1]
Demographics
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2011: 289 (2006 to 2011 population change: -10.0 %)
- Population in 2006: 321
- Population in 2001: 330
- Population in 1996: 388
- Population in 1991: 373
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 120 (total dwellings: 125)
Mother tongue:[5]
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 100%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
Municipal council
- Mayor: Daniel Favreau
- Councillors: Nancy Bureau, Anne Breton, René Frappier, Armande Bouchard, Hélène Lévesque-Charrois, Yves Frappier
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chazel (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Chazel". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Chazel census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ "Chazel community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
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