Trécesson is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
Trécesson | |
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Coordinates: 48°39′N 78°19′W / 48.650°N 78.317°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Abitibi |
Settled | 1913 |
Constituted | July 15, 1918 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ghislain Nadeau |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
Area | |
• Total | 203.25 km2 (78.48 sq mi) |
• Land | 196.89 km2 (76.02 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,232 |
• Density | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
• Pop (2006-21) | 0.7% |
• Dwellings | 584 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | R-111 R-399 |
Website | www |
The municipality is part of the census agglomeration of Amos. It includes the communities of Clercs-Saint-Viateur, La Ferme, Lac-Davy, Trécesson, and Villemontel.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trécesson had a population of 1,232 living in 519 of its 584 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 1,223. With a land area of 196.89 km2 (76.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.3/km2 (16.2/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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Source: Statistics Canada |
Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 98.8%
- English and French as first language: 0.4%
- Other as first language: 0.4%
Government
editMunicipal council (as of 2023):[2]
- Mayor: Ghislain Nadeau
- Councillors: André Masson, Nadia Caron, Nathalie Dion, Martin Veilleux, Rémi Roy, Stephan Roy
List of former mayors:
- Anita Bédard-Larochelle (...–2005, 2013–2017)
- Jacques Trudel (2005–2009)
- Ghislain Nadeau (2009–2013, 2021–present)
- Chantal Poliquin (2017–2018)
- Jacques Grenier (2019–2021)
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 63444". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Trécesson". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ a b c d "Trécesson (Code 2488075) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
External links
edit- Media related to Trécesson at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website