Mont-Valin, Quebec Explained

Mont-Valin
Pushpin Map:Canada Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
Coordinates:48.6167°N -118°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:February 18, 2002
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Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:38032.30
Area Land Km2:33540.39
Population Total:10
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:0.0
Population Blank1 Title:Pop (2016–21)
Population Blank1: N/A
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:44
Utc Offset:−5
Utc Offset Dst:−4
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Utc Offset1 Dst:-4

Mont-Valin is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of Quebec. It makes up over 87% of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality and is the largest subdivision of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. The territory, named after Mount Valin, had a population of 10 as of the Canada 2021 Census, and covered a land area of 33,540.39 km2.

The territory has one settlement: the hamlet of Chutes-des-Passes, located 160km (100miles) north of Chicoutimi (49.8397°N -71.1653°W). It was founded in 1941, when Alcan built a dam on the Peribonka River. When operation of the dam was automated in 1974, the community was almost entirely abandoned.[3]

The Mont-Valin unorganized territory is a strip of land that stretches from Saguenay River bank to the north. It is bordered to the west by the Rivière Péribonka and to the east by the limit of Côte-Nord administrative region.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 5 (total dwellings: 44)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mont-Valin
  2. Web site: Mont-Valin census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2022-03-21.
  3. Web site: Chute-des-Passes (hameau) . Commission de toponymie du Québec . 2010-10-25 . French.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census