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Duhamel-Ouest
Duhamel-Ouest is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.
Duhamel-Ouest | |
|---|---|
Fort Temiscamingue | |
Location within Témiscamingue RCM. | |
Duhamel-Ouest Location in western Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 47°22′N 79°26′W / 47.367°N 79.433°W[1] | |
| 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 | 91.49 km2 (35.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 945 |
| • Density | 10.3/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) | 7.6% |
| • Dwellings | 470 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
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 2021: 945 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.6%)
- Population in 2016: 878
- Population in 2011: 828
- Population in 2006: 870
- Population in 2001: 766
- Population in 1996: 671
- Population in 1991: 595
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 394 (total dwellings: 470)
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
- ^ "Reference number 19633 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b . Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ a b "Duhamel-Ouest census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ "Duhamel-Ouest community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-12-30.