Chazel
Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chazel is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 254 in the 2021 Canadian census.
Chazel | |
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Coordinates: 48°52′N 79°03′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Abitibi-Ouest |
Settled | 1917 |
Constituted | February 19, 1938 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Daniel Favreau |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
Area | |
• Total | 140.14 km2 (54.11 sq mi) |
• Land | 133.55 km2 (51.56 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 254 |
• Density | 1.9/km2 (5/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 12.1% |
• Dwellings | 131 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | No major routes |
Website | chazel |
The municipality was incorporated on February 19, 1938, as the Municipality of Saint-Janvier, and commonly known as Saint-Janvier-de-Chazel. In 1991, it was renamed to Chazel, named after Guillaume Chazel, a French soldier who died in 1725 near Cape Breton.[1]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 254 (-12.1% from 2016) | 289 (-0.0% from 2011) | 289 (-10.0% from 2006) |
Land area | 133.55 km2 (51.56 sq mi) | 133.96 km2 (51.72 sq mi) | 134.30 km2 (51.85 sq mi) |
Population density | 1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi) | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) |
Median age | 45.6 (M: 49.6, F: 43.6) | 45.3 (M: 45.2, F: 45.5) | 44.4 (M: 45.0, F: 44.2) |
Private dwellings | 131 (total) 118 (occupied) | 132 (total) | 125 (total) |
Median household income | $73,500 | $65,280 | $56,800 |
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Source: Statistics Canada |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Chazel, Quebec[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 |
250 |
240 | 15.8% | 96.0% | 5 | 0.0% | 2.0% | 5 | n/a% | 2.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2016 |
290 |
285 | 1.7% | 98.3% | 5 | n/a% | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2011 |
290 |
290 | 9.4% | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2006 |
320 |
320 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2001 |
330 |
320 | 17.9% | 97.0% | 10 | n/a% | 3.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
1996 |
390 |
390 | n/a | 100.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% |
Municipal council (as of 2024):[10]
List of former mayors:
Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||
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2021 | 12% | 7 | 16% | 10 | 57% | 37 | 3% | 2 | 5% | 3 | |
2019 | 7% | 6 | 36% | 29 | 54% | 44 | 0% | 0 | 3% | 2 | |
Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
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2022 | 45% | 57 | 4% | 5 | 10% | 13 | 17% | 22 | |
2018 | 47% | 34 | 0% | 0 | 10% | 7 | 40% | 29 | |
2014 | 13% | 11 | 12% | 10 | 8% | 6 | 67% | 54 | |
Provincially it is part of the riding of Abitibi-Ouest. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Suzanne Blais, of the Coalition Avenir Québec, was re-elected to represent the population of Chazel in the National Assembly of Quebec.
Federally, Chazel is part of the federal riding of Abitibi—Témiscamingue. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, the incumbent Sébastien Lemire of the Bloc Québécois was re-elected to represent the population Chazel in the House of Commons of Canada.
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