Alma, Quebec
Ville d'Alma
Town of Alma | |
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Ville (Town) | |
| Motto: La ville de l'hospitabilité | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Regional County Municipality | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est |
| 1st Amalgamation | 1962 (with Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.) |
| 2nd Amalgamation | 2002 (with Delisle) |
| Population (2006)From StatsCan | |
| • Ville (Town) | 29,998 |
| • Urban | 25,394 |
| • Metro | 32,603 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| Website | Alma's Official Site |
Alma (2006 Town population: 29,998[1]; CA Population 32,603; UA Population 25,394) is a town 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.
The present city of Alma was born 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 Delisle, Quebec.
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Dam on Petite-Décharge river -
Sunset with a view on the Alcan aluminium plant -
Gate of the "Odyssée des Bâtisseurs" with water tower -
"Tracel" Bridge on the Petite-Décharge river
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