Trécesson is a
township municipality
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Quebec
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, located in the
Abitibi Regional County Municipality
Abitibi Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The seat is Amos.
Subdivisions
There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (1)
* Amos
;Municipalities (12)
* ...
. It encompasses the communities of Clercs-Saint-Viateur, La Ferme, Lac-Davy, Trécesson, and Villemontel.
The township had a population of 1,138 as of the
2011 Canadian Census, and a land area of .
It is part of the
census agglomeration
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of
Amos
Amos or AMOS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Amos Records, an independent record label established in Los Angeles, California, in 1968
* Amos (band), an American Christian rock band
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* ''Amos' ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Trécesson had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trend:
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census
* Population in 2011: 1138 (2006 to 2011 population change: -4.8%)
* Population in 2006: 1195
* Population in 2001: 1177
* Population in 1996: 1145
* Population in 1991: 1061
Mother tongue:
[
* English as first language: 2.9%
* French as first language: 97.1%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0%
]
Municipal council
* Mayor: Ghislain Nadeau
* Councillors: Sébastien Constantineau, Nathalie Dion, Claude Ferland, Michel Hamelin, Patrick Lafrance, Martin Thibault
References
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Township municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue