Trécesson
Township municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Trécesson (French pronunciation: [tʁesɛsɔ̃]) is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
Trécesson | |
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Villemontel | |
 Location within Abitibi RCM | |
  Trécesson Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°39′N 78°19′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi |
| Settled | 1913 |
| Constituted | July 15, 1918 |
| Named after | Marie-Joseph Toussaint de Carné de Trécesson[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ghislain Nadeau |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
• Total | 203.25 km2 (78.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 196.89 km2 (76.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,232 |
| • Density | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2006-21) |  0.7% |
| • Dwellings | 584 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-111  R-399 |
| Website | www |
The municipality is part of the census agglomeration of Amos. It includes the communities of Clercs-Saint-Viateur, La Ferme, Lac-Davy, Trécesson, and Villemontel.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trécesson had a population of 1,232 living in 519 of its 584 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 1,223. With a land area of 196.89 km2 (76.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.3/km2 (16.2/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 98.8%
- English and French as first language: 0.4%
- Other as first language: 0.4%
Government
Municipal council (as of 2023):[2]
- Mayor: Ghislain Nadeau
- Councillors: André Masson, Nadia Caron, Nathalie Dion, Martin Veilleux, Rémi Roy, Stephan Roy
List of former mayors:
- Anita Bédard-Larochelle (...–2005, 2013–2017)
- Jacques Trudel (2005–2009)
- Ghislain Nadeau (2009–2013, 2021–present)
- Chantal Poliquin (2017–2018)
- Jacques Grenier (2019–2021)
