Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | |
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Motto(s): Diversité, Harmonie, Unité (French for "Diversity, Harmony, Unity") | |
Coordinates: 46°29′N 72°39′W / 46.483°N 72.650°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Mauricie |
RCM | Les Chenaux |
Constituted | December 30, 1858 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Luc Dostaler |
• Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
• Prov. riding | Saint-Maurice |
Area | |
• Total | 130.30 km2 (50.31 sq mi) |
• Land | 128.29 km2 (49.53 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 6,121 |
• Density | 47.7/km2 (124/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 6.4% |
• Dwellings | 2,678 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | R-157 |
Website | www |
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel[4] (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁə dam dy mɔ̃ kaʁmɛl]) is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel had a population of 6,121 living in 2,558 of its 2,678 total private dwellings, a change of 6.4% from its 2016 population of 5,751. With a land area of 128.29 km2 (49.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 47.7/km2 (123.6/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Government
The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Officially, mayoral elections in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel are on a non-partisan basis. The following list may be incomplete.[6]
# | Mayor | Took office | Left office |
1 | François Thellend | 1860 | 1861 |
2 | Michel Boisclair | 1862 | 1863 |
3 | Noé Lamothe | 1866 | 1867 |
4 | Alexandre McDougall | 1870 | 1871 |
5 | Joseph Lamothe | 1872 | 1874 |
6 | Étienne Leblanc | 1875 | 1877 |
7 | David Rheault | 1878 | 1882 |
8 | Pierre Lord | 1882 | 1885 |
9 | Jean Forest | 1886 | 1887 |
10 | Alexis Blanchette | 1887 | 1890 |
11 | Joseph Rheault | 1892 | 1893 |
7 | David Rheault | 1893 | 1895 |
12 | Philippe Lord | 1895 | 1900 |
13 | Alphonse Veilleux | 1900 | 1903 |
14 | Louis Marchesseault | 1903 | 1905 |
10 | Alexis Blanchette | 1905 | 1910 |
15 | Oscar Lord | 1910 | 1914 |
16 | Aimé Doucet | 1914 | 1916 |
17 | Aldéric Lamothe | 1916 | 1927 |
18 | Octave Lamothe | 1927 | 1930 |
19 | Alphonse Désilets | 1930 | 1931 |
20 | Alexandre Landry | 1931 | 1951 |
21 | Julien D. Toupin | 1951 | 1953 |
22 | Doris Bornais | 1953 | 1955 |
23 | Ferdinand Brière | 1955 | 1959 |
24 | Wellie Rheault | 1959 | 1961 |
25 | Hector Bédard | 1961 | 1964 |
26 | Benoît Dostaler | 1964 | 1969 |
27 | Roland Cossette | 1969 | 1975 |
28 | Léo-Paul Landry [7] | 1975 | 1977 |
29 | François Brière | 1977 | 1985 |
30 | Pierre Bouchard | 1985 | 1993 |
31 | Richard Giguère | 1993 | 1997 |
32 | André Landry [8] | 1997 | 2005 |
30 | Pierre Bouchard | 2005 | 2013 |
33 | Luc Dostaler[9] | 2013 | Current |
Photos
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Sign at the 150th anniversary park, inaugurated on June 24, 2009
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Réserve naturelle de la Tourbière du Lac à la Tortue, Trotochaud or Valmont Lake, rang Saint-Louis[14]
Related article
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 44884". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 37235". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (Parish municipality) fr". Commission de toponymie Quebec. Quebec Government. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Denyse Fraser, Recreation Department of the Municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
- ^ Léo-Paul Landry is active in a number of historical societies, including Appartenance Mauricie : Société d'histoire régionale and Association des Juneau d'Amérique Inc. See: Official Website of Appartenance Mauricie : Société d'histoire régionale and Official Website of Association des Juneau d'Amérique Inc. Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ André Landry was elected to a four-year term as mayor in 1997. He was re-elected in 2001. See: Cindy Levesque, André Landry: sport et politique dans le sang, Le Nouvelliste, November 24, 2008
- ^ "Luc Dostaler élu à Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | Louise Plante | Des Chenaux". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ^ "Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Cemetery fr". Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec. Ministère de la Culture et des Communications Quebec. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Michel Boucher, Marcel De Ladurantaye et Léonce Desrochers (2018). "Cimetière de Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel fr". Généalogie Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Commission de Toponymie Québec (1968-12-05). "Rivière Cachée". Gouvernement du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Ministère des Transport et de la Mobilité durable (2023-10-25). "Inventaire et inspection des structures" (aspx). Gouvernement du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ "Réserve naturelle de la Tourbière-du-Lac-à-la-Tortue". Commission de toponymie Quebec (in French). Government of Quebec. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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