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Hamlet of Plamondon
Hamlet
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Census divisionNo. 12
Municipal districtLac La Biche County
Settled1905
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • MayorOmer Moghrabi
 • Governing body
  • Darlene Beniuk
  • Colette Borgun
  • Sterling Johnson
  • George L'Heureux
  • Omer Moghrabi
  • Charlyn Moore
  • Jason Stedman
  • Lorin Tkachuk
Area
[1]
 • Total1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Elevation
555 m (1,821 ft)
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total335
 • Density172.8/km2 (448/sq mi)
 • Dwellings
128
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)

Plamondon is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Lac La Biche County.[2] It is located on Highway 858, approximately Template:Km to mi north of Highway 55, and has an elevation of Template:M to ft.

The hamlet is located in census division No. 12 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca.

History

The community was founded by Joseph Plamondon in 1905, and settled by primarily French Canadians. Most of the families that eventually settled there came from Provemont, Michigan (now Leelanau County, Michigan) and from French areas of Ontario.

On the outskirts of Plamondon is a community of Old Believers, a Traditionalist Russian Orthodox sect whose ancestors broke from the Church after Patriarch Nikon's reforms in 1666. The schism, or Raskol, resulted over reforms in church ritual and translation intended to better align the Russian church with Greek Orthodox practices. The Old Believers that live outside Plamondon are bezpopovtsy, or priestless Old Believers, who believe that apostolic succession ended with Nikon's apostasy and therefore have no clergy and refuse the Eucharist. Most of these families moved to the area in the mid 1960's from Woodburn, Oregon, also home to a large Old Believer community. Many also came from Xinjiang province, China, by way of New Zealand, where they fled after the Communist revolutions in Russia and China.

Amenities

The community has two schools, the larger one French/English bilingual and a smaller French school called Ecole Beausejour, which draw students from the entire region.

There are two hotels, two banks, post office, indoor hockey arena with artificial ice, a museum, and a rather large church.

The hamlet also holds an annual french hockey tournament. Frontenacs of University of Alberta have won twice. A Canadian Mud Racing Organization (CMRO) event is also held annually at the Plamondon Mud Bog. sck mii dick

Industry

The main industries in the region are logging and farming.

Demographics

As of 2006, Plamondon had a total population of 335 living in 128 dwellings. With a land area of Template:Km2 to mi2, it has a population density of Template:Pop density km2 to mi2.[1]

Industry Canada shows that Plamondon's greater rural area had a total population of 2,596 living in 1,130 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of Template:Km2 to mi2, its greater rural area has a population density of Template:Pop density km2 to mi2.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Statistics Canada (2007). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses". Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ^ Alberta Municipal Affairs (2010-04-01). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  3. ^ Industry Canada/Web Archive (2006-11-04). "Plamondon - Community demographics (2001 census)". Retrieved 2010-02-07.
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