Duhamel-Ouest
Appearance
Duhamel-Ouest | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Témiscamingue |
Settled | 1870s |
Constituted | February 20, 1911 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Alain Sarrazin |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue |
Area | |
• Total | 128.20 km2 (49.50 sq mi) |
• Land | 91.78 km2 (35.44 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 828 |
• Density | 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi) |
• Pop (2006–11) | 4.8% |
• Dwellings | 419 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Duhamel-Ouest is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.
Located at a narrows of Lake Timiskaming, Duhamel-Ouest is home to the Fort Témiscamingue, a National Historic Site of Canada.
Demographics
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2011: 828 (2006 to 2011 population change: -4.8 %)
- Population in 2006: 870
- Population in 2001: 766
- Population in 1996: 671
- Population in 1991: 595
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 338 (total dwellings: 419)
Mother tongue:[5]
- English as first language: 2.9%
- French as first language: 97.1%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
See also
References
- ^ a b "Duhamel-Ouest". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ a b "Duhamel-Ouest census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 19633". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ "Duhamel-Ouest community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-12-30.