Plamondon, Alberta
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Plamondon is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Lac La Biche County.[1] It is located on Highway 858, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north of Highway 55, and has an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"..
The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 12 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray—Cold Lake.
History
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North of Plamondon is Rossian. Rossian is a community of Old Believers (Old Ritualists), a Traditionalist Russian Orthodox sect whose ancestors broke from the Church after Patriarch Nikon's reforms.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Great Schism of 1666, or Raskol, resulted over reforms in church ritual and translation intended to better align the practices of the Russian Church with Greek Orthodox practices.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Old Believers that live outside Plamondon are bezpopovtsy, or Priestless Old Believers, who believe that apostolic succession ended with Nikon's apostasy and therefore have no clergy and refuse the Eucharist.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Most of these families moved to the area in the mid 1970s from Woodburn, Oregon, which is also home to a large Old Believer community.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Many also came from Xinjiang, China, by way of New Zealand, where they fled after the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Communist Revolution.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Plamondon had a population of 501 living in 195 of its 230 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 416. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Script error: No such module "Pop density". in 2021.[3][4]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Plamondon had a population of 348 living in 136 of its 172 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2011 population of 345. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Script error: No such module "Pop density". in 2016.[5]
Lac La Biche County's 2016 municipal census counted a population of 348 in Plamondon,[6] a Script error: No such module "Percentage". change from the hamlet's 2013 municipal census population of 344.[7]
Plamondon is also home for a sizable community of Russian Orthodox Old Believers.
Economy
The main industries in the region are logging and farming.
Amenities
The community has two schools, Ecole Beausejour and Ecole Plamondon School, which draw students from the entire region. École Plamondon School, offers English, French immersion, and Russian classes. École Beausejour is a francophone school, with instruction surrounding with the francophone culture.
There are two hotels, two banks, post office, indoor hockey arena with artificial ice, a museum, and a rather large church.
The hamlet also holds an annual French hockey tournament called Hockey en Fête. Frontenacs of University of Alberta have won twice. A Canadian Mud Racing Organization (CMRO) event is also held annually at the Plamondon Mud Bog.
Notable people
- Colin Piquette, former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater
- Leo Piquette, former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Athabasca-Lac La Biche
- Clara Plamondon, Anglican bishop
- Crystal Plamondon, performing artist
See also
- List of communities in Alberta
- List of designated places in Alberta
- List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
- List of hamlets in Alberta
References
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