Chazel
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Chazel (Script error: No such module "IPA".) 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.
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]
History
The municipality was founded in 1938 under the name of Saint-Janvier. In 1991, Saint-Janvier changed its name to the current Chazel.
Geography
The municipality is located to the north-east of La Sarre, between Val-Saint-Gilles to the north and Macamic to the south.
Demographics
Population
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Language
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2021 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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250 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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240 | Decrease 15.8% | 96.0% | 5 | Steady 0.0% | 2.0% | 5 | Increase n/a% | 2.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2016 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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290 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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285 | Decrease 1.7% | 98.3% | 5 | Increase n/a% | 1.7% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2011 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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290 | Decrease 9.4% | 100.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2006 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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320 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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320 | Steady 0.0% | 100.0% | 0 | Decrease 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
2001 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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330 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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320 | Decrease 17.9% | 97.0% | 10 | Increase n/a% | 3.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||
1996 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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390 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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390 | n/a | 100.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | |||||
Government
Municipal council (as of 2024):[3]
- Mayor: Daniel Favreau
- Councillors: Charles Fortin, Serge Morin, Audrey Veillette, Armande Bouchard, Réjean Veillette, Yves Frappier
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- Émilien Savard (...–2005)
- Denis Hince (2005–2009)
- Daniel Favreau (2009–present)
Political representation
| Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
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| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Template:Canadian party colour| | 2022 | Template:Canadian party colour | 45% | 57 | Template:Canadian party colour | 4% | 5 | Template:Canadian party colour | 10% | 13 | Template:Canadian party colour | 17% | 22 |
| 2018 | Template:Canadian party colour | 47% | 34 | Template:Canadian party colour | 0% | 0 | Template:Canadian party colour | 10% | 7 | Template:Canadian party colour | 40% | 29 | |
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Template:Canadian party colour| | 2014 | Template:Canadian party colour | 13% | 11 | Template:Canadian party colour | 12% | 10 | Template:Canadian party colour | 8% | 6 | Template:Canadian party colour | 67% | 54 |
| 2012 | Template:Canadian party colour | 25% | 28 | Template:Canadian party colour | 26% | 29 | Template:Canadian party colour | 7% | 8 | Template:Canadian party colour | 40% | 45 | |
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.
See also
References
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Further reading
- Saint-Janvier-de-Chazel – Histoire et généalogie et occupation du territoire, published by "Société d'histoire et de généalogie de Val-d'Or", Gisèle Chamberland, 2004, 315 pages Template:In lang
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