Trécesson

Township municipality in Quebec, Canada

48°39′N 78°19′W / 48.650°N 78.317°W / 48.650; -78.317^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionAbitibi-TémiscamingueRCMAbitibiSettled1913ConstitutedJuly 15, 1918Government

^[2]

• MayorGhislain Nadeau • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue • Prov. ridingAbitibi-OuestArea

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• Total203.25 km² (78.48 sq mi) • Land196.89 km² (76.02 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total1,232 • Density6.3/km² (16/sq mi) • Pop (2006-21)

0.7% • Dwellings

584Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)Postal code(s)

J0Y 2S0

Area code819Highways

R-111

R-399Websitewww.municipalitedetrecesson.com

Trécesson is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality.

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]

Historical census populations – Trécesson

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	451	—
1931	797	+76.7%
1941	1,336	+67.6%
1951	1,200	−10.2%
1956	1,143	−4.7%
1961	1,131	−1.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1966	935	−17.3%
1971	847	−9.4%
1976	809	−4.5%
1981	1,059	+30.9%
1986	983	−7.2%
1991	1,061	+7.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1996	1,145	+7.9%
2001	1,177	+2.8%
2006	1,195	+1.5%
2011	1,138	−4.8%
2016	1,223	+7.5%
2021	1,232	+0.7%

Source: Statistics Canada

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:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2023)

Anita Bédard-Larochelle (...–2005, 2013–2017)
Jacques Trudel (2005–2009)
Ghislain Nadeau (2009–2013, 2021–present)
Chantal Poliquin (2017–2018)
Jacques Grenier (2019–2021)

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 63444". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Trécesson". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Trécesson (Code 2488075) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.