Normétal
| Normétal | |
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| Municipality | |
 Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM. | |
  Normétal Location in western Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 49°00′N 79°22′W / 49.000°N 79.367°WCoordinates: 49°00′N 79°22′W / 49.000°N 79.367°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Settled | 1925 |
| Constituted | January 1, 1945 |
| Government[2] | |
| • Mayor | Jocelyn Trottier |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 54.90 km2 (21.20 sq mi) |
| • Land | 57.30 km2 (22.12 sq mi) |
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There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 856 |
| • Density | 14.9/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 3.4% |
| • Dwellings | 397 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0Z 3A0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |
 Route 111 |
| Website |
www |
Normétal is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 856 in the Canada 2011 Census.
History
In 1923, zinc and copper was discovered near the Calamité River and two years later, the Abana Mine Company obtained the mining rights. The new settlement, formed by families from Saint-Eustache, Portneuf, Bellechasse and the Mauricie, was therefore first called Abana. In 1931, the Normetal Mining Corporation acquired the mine and brought it to full operation six years later. In 1939, the railway and road to Dupuy was completed. In 1945, the place was incorporated, taking the name of the mining corporation whose name in turn is a portmanteau for "northern" and "metal".[1][4]
In 1949, street lighting was installed in Normétal. In 1950, the mining corporation came under control of Noranda (which became Falconbridge Ltd. and bought by Xstrata in 2006). In 1956, the mine had a peak production of 900 tons of ore per day and employed over 600 persons. In 1961, the town reached a population of 2519, its largest number of residents. But in 1975, after reaching a depth of 8,000 feet (2,400 m), the copper mine closed, resulting in a large exodus of people from the community with many going to the mines of Matagami and Joutel that had just opened. By the following year, the population had dropped to 1455.[1][4][5]
In 1990, the Normetmar Mine close. In 2005, work began on rehabilitation of the mine site by removing the tailings and planting vegetation.[4][5]
Demographics
Population
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Language
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| Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
855 |
850 | 1.2% |
99.42% | 5 | 50.0% |
0.58% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | |||||
| 2006 |
885 |
860 | 13.1% |
97.18% | 10 |  n/a% |
1.13% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 15 | 40.0% |
1.69% | |||||
| 2001 |
1,015 |
990 | 12.4% |
97.54% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
0.00% | 25 | n/a% |
2.46% | |||||
| 1996 |
1,140 |
1,130 | n/a | 99.12% | 10 | n/a | 0.88% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
Municipal council
- Mayor: Daniel Therrien
- Councillors: Manon Boisclair, Monique Bouchard, Vicky Gaudet, Jasmine Lampron, Roger Lévesque, Bertrand Naud
List of mayors
The former mayors of Normétal were:[10]
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Culture
The town of Normétal is the set up of an award winning movie,[11] La Donation from filmmaker Bernard Émond (2009), in which a family medicine physician from Montréal takes over the practice of an aging physician in need of respite.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Normétal (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- 1 2 "Normétal". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- 1 2 "Normétal census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- 1 2 3 "Histoire de Normétal" (in French). Municipalité de Normétal. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- 1 2 "Bienvenue à Normétal" (in French). Municipalité de Normétal. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ "Maires de 1945 à aujourd'hui" (in French). Municipalité de Normétal. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ↑ http://filmsquebec.over-blog.com/article-donation--la---film-de-bernard-emond-37226612.html
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