Nédélec

Nédélec is a township municipality in western Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

Nédélec
Township municipality
Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
Nédélec Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°41′N 79°26′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Témiscamingue
Settled	1895
Constituted	February 1, 1909
Named for	Jean-Marie Nédélec[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Carmen Rivard
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area [2][3]
• Total	372.70 km^2 (143.90 sq mi)
• Land	374.06 km^2 (144.43 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	403
• Density	1.1/km^2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.1%
• Dwellings	175
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 2Z0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 101
Website	municipalite.nedelec.qc.ca

Name

The name of the municipality recalls the name of Jean-Marie Nédélec who was an oblate and a missionary with the Algonquins in the region. His last name is from the Breton word Nedeleg which means Christmas.

History

By 1895, a general store was supplying the many logging camps of the area. The first permanent settlers arrived in 1909, the same year the township and township municipality were formed. They were both named after Jean-Marie Nédélec (1834-1896) who was a missionary among the Algonquin First Nations of Lake Timiskaming and Lake Abitibi from 1867 to 1869 and from 1892 to 1896.[1]

On October 7, 1995, the unorganized territory of Roulier, named after Ulric Roulier who was priest at Nédélec in the mid-1930s, was added to the municipality.[1]

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

• Population in 2011: 403 (2006 to 2011 population change: -3.1%)
• Population in 2006: 416
• Population in 2001: 429
• Population in 1996: 474
• Population in 1991: 524

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 165 (total dwellings: 175)

Mother tongue:[5]

• English as first language: 7.2%
• French as first language: 83.1%
• English and French as first language: 2.4%
• Other as first language: 7.2%

See also

• List of township municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Nédélec (Municipalité de canton)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
2. "Nédélec". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
3. "Nédélec census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
5. "Nédélec community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-04.