Alma, Quebec
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| Motto: La ville de l'hospitalité | |||
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| Coordinates: 48°33′19″N 71°39′18″W / 48.55528°N 71.655°WCoordinates: 48°33′19″N 71°39′18″W / 48.55528°N 71.655°W | |||
| Country |  Canada |
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| Province |  Quebec |
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| Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | ||
| Regional county | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est | ||
| 1st Amalgamation | 1962 (with Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.) | ||
| 2nd Amalgamation | 2002 (with Delisle) | ||
| Government[1] | |||
| • Mayor | Marc Asselin (2009-2013) | ||
| • Federal riding | Jonquière—Alma | ||
| • Prov. riding | Lac-Saint-Jean | ||
| Area[1][2][3] | |||
| • City | 202.10 km2 (78 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 195.59 km2 (75.5 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 401.76 km2 (155.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006)[2][3] | |||
| • City | 29,998 | ||
| • Density | 153.4/km2 (397.3/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 25,394 | ||
| • Metro | 32,603 | ||
| • Metro density | 81.1/km2 (210/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) | ||
| Postal code | G8B, G8C | ||
| Area code(s) | 418, 581 | ||
| Telephone Exchanges | 212, 321, 480-2, 487, 662, 668-9, 719, 720, 769 | ||
| GNBC Code | EFHQD | ||
| NTS Map | 022D12 | ||
| Website | www.ville.alma.qc.ca | ||
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Alma (2006 Town population: 29,998[4]; CA Population 32,603; UA Population 25,394) is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec.
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[edit] Geography
Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City. Alma is the seat of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality.
Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma.[5]
[edit] History
The present city of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial center during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical dam on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill (Price) and an aluminum smelting plant (Alcan), all of which are still in activity today.
In 2002, Alma amalgamated with the Municipality of Delisle.
[edit] Demographics
Population trend:[6]
- Population in 2006: 29,998 (2001 to 2006 population change: -0.4 %)
- Population total in 2001: 30,126
- Alma (ville): 25,918
- Delisle (municipality): 4,208
- Population in 1996:
- Alma (ville): 26,127
- Delisle (municipality): 4,256
- Population in 1991:
- Alma (ville): 25,910
- Delisle (municipality): 4,281
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 12,730 (total dwellings: 13,336)
Mother tongue:[2]
- English as first language: 0.5 %
- French as first language: 98.5 %
- English and French as first language: 0.1 %
- Other as first language: 0.9 %
[edit] Image gallery
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Petite-Décharge
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Downtown Alma
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Former Isle-Maligne town hall
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Rio Tinto Alcan aluminum smelter in Alma
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires Municipales, Régions et Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Alma
- ^ a b c "Alma community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2493042&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Alma&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ a b "Alma (Census agglomeration) community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=410__&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Alma&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ Alma City Population
- ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
[edit] External links
Media related to Alma, Québec at Wikimedia Commons
- (French) Ville d'Alma
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