Nédélec, Quebec

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Nédélec
Township municipality
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Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
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Nédélec
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°41′N79°26′W / 47.683°N 79.433°W / 47.683; -79.433 Coordinates: 47°41′N79°26′W / 47.683°N 79.433°W / 47.683; -79.433 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada.svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  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 km2 (143.90 sq mi)
  Land 374.06 km2 (144.43 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population (2011) [3]
  Total 403
  Density 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011Decrease2.svg 3.1%
  Dwellings 175
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0Z 2Z0
Area code(s) 819
HighwaysQc101.svg Route 101
Website municipalite.nedelec.qc.ca

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

Quebec Province of Canada

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

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Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Témiscamingue is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie.

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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.

In Christian monasticism, an oblate is a person who is specifically dedicated to God or to God's service.

Algonquin people North American native language group

The Algonquins are indigenous inhabitants of North America who speak the Algonquin language, a divergent dialect of the Ojibwe language, which is part of the Algonquian language family. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, with whom they form the larger Anicinàpe (Anishinaabe) grouping. The Algonquin people call themselves Omàmiwinini or the more generalised name of Anicinàpe.

Breton language Celtic language

Breton is a member of the Brittonic Southwestern Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken in Brittany.

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 Algonquins 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]

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

Mother tongue: [5]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nédélec (Municipalité de canton)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. 1 2 "Nédélec". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  3. 1 2 "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.