municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in northwestern
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, in the
Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality
Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality (''English: Abitibi West'') is a regional county municipality located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. Its seat is La Sarre.
Subdivisions
There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Citi ...
. It covers 101.6 km² and had a population of 364 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
The municipality was incorporated on September 12, 1927, and originally called Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc-de-Clerval. Likely the current name, adopted in 1951, is a
portmanteau
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In addition to Clerval itself, the municipality also includes the community of L'Île-Nepawa (), located on Nepawa Island in
Lake Abitibi
Lake Abitibi (french: Lac Abitibi, oj, Aabitibiiwi-zaaga’igan) is a shallow lake in northeastern Ontario and western Quebec, Canada. The lake, which lies within the vast Clay Belt, is separated in two distinct portions by a short narrows, ma ...
. ''Nepawa'' comes from the
Algonquin language
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meaning "where one camps in passing" or "large island".
Demographics
Population trend:Statistics Canada:
1996
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,
2001
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, 2006, 2011 census
* Population in 2011: 364 (2006 to 2011 population change: 1.7%)
* Population in 2006: 358
* Population in 2001: 351
* Population in 1996: 356
* Population in 1991: 346
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 162 (total dwellings: 277)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0%
* French as first language: 100%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0%
Municipal council
* Mayor: Suzanne Théberge
* Councillors: Gilles Auger, Donald Boudreau, Mario Boutin, Rock Riopel, Roger Robitaille, Nicole Therrien