Trécesson, Quebec

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Trécesson
Township municipality
Villemontel
Location within Abitibi RCM.
Trécesson
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°39′N 78°19′W / 48.650°N 78.317°W / 48.650; -78.317Coordinates: 48°39′N 78°19′W / 48.650°N 78.317°W / 48.650; -78.317[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Abitibi
Settled 1913
Constituted July 15, 1918
Government[2]
  Mayor Ghislain Nadeau
  Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
  Prov. riding Abitibi-Ouest
Area[2][3]
  Total 201.50 km2 (77.80 sq mi)
  Land 196.51 km2 (75.87 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 1,138
  Density 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.8%
  Dwellings 504
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0Y 2S0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 111
Route 399
Website www.mrcabitibi.qc.ca

Trécesson is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. It encompasses the communities of Clercs-Saint-Viateur, La Ferme, Lac-Davy, Trécesson, and Villemontel.

The township had a population of 1,138 as of the Canada 2011 Census, and a land area of 196.38 square kilometres.[4] It is part of the census agglomeration of Amos.

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2011: 1138 (2006 to 2011 population change: -4.8 %)
  • Population in 2006: 1195
  • Population in 2001: 1177
  • Population in 1996: 1145
  • Population in 1991: 1061

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 442 (total dwellings: 504)

Mother tongue:[4]

  • English as first language: 2.9%
  • French as first language: 97.1%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

  • Mayor: Ghislain Nadeau
  • Councillors: Sébastien Constantineau, Nathalie Dion, Claude Ferland, Michel Hamelin, Patrick Lafrance, Martin Thibault

References

  1. Reference number 63444 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Trécesson". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Trécesson census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Trécesson community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census



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