Courcelles () was a municipality in

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in the

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region in

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. It was approximately south of

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. Artist

Carmen Coulombe Carmen Coulombe (1946 – January 24, 2008) was a Canadian artist. Born in Courcelles, Quebec, Coulombe studied art at the École des Beaux-Arts in Quebec City until 1971. She became a certified teacher in 1972 while attending Laval University. K ...

was born in Courcelles.

History

The Municipality of Courcelles was founded on April 6, 1904. It was made from parts of the neighboring municipalities of Lambton, Saint-Sébastien and Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth. On January 1, 2024, the municipality merged with Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth to form the new municipality of Courcelles-Saint-Évariste.https://www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/gazette/pdf_encrypte/lois_reglements/2023F/82199.pdf

Demographics

In the 2021 Census,

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reported that Courcelles had a population of 814 living in 391 of its 430 total dwellings, an -1.1% change from its 2016 population of 823.

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* {{authority control Former municipalities in Quebec Le Granit Regional County Municipality