Aumond is a

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in the

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, located within

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau ''(The Valley of the Gatineau)'' is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Gracefield, Quebec, Gracefield. It was incorporated on January 1, 1983 and was named for ...

. The township is named after Colonel Joseph-Ignace Aumond (1810–1879), a native of

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, who was one of the major timber merchants of the Ottawa Valley in the nineteenth century. His operations were particularly along the Gatineau, and even went as far as

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Geography

The township is on the eastern shores of the

Gatineau River The Gatineau River (french: Rivière Gatineau, ) is a river in western Quebec, Canada, which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec. The river is long and drains ...

along Route 107. The topography of the township is fairly rough, rising from above sea level, near the hamlet of Val-Émard, to . Numerous lakes surround the town, including Lac des Pins and Lac Murray.

History

The history of Aumond dates back to mid-nineteenth century. In 1861, the Aumond Township was proclaimed, and in 1877 the township municipality was formed. In 1862, Oblate priests built the first

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on the Joseph River, a tributary of the Gatineau River, in order to saw wood from the rich surrounding forests. A few months later, they built a flour mill adjacent to the first mill. At the outset, these mills were powered by a

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which was replaced at the beginning of the twentieth century, by a

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that, from 1929 onwards, also provided electricity to the villagers. Destroyed by flames, these mills were rebuilt and remained active until 1989. Today, the municipality of Aumond revives its history by the redevelopment of the ''Moulin des Pères'' site in the heart of the village.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Aumond 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:Statistics Canada - Population and dwelling count amendments to the 2001 Census
/ref> * Population in 2011: 725 (2006–2011 population change: −6.5 %) * Population in 2006: 775 (2001–2006 population change: 17.8%) * Population in 2001: 658 (revised count) * Population in 1996: 592 * Population in 1991: 594 Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 331 Languages: * English as first language: 6.4% * French as first language: 92.3% * Other as first language: 1.3%

References

External links

MRC de La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau: Aumond
{{authority control Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Outaouais Populated places established in the 19th century