Normétal Explained

Normétal
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Pushpin Map:Canada Western Quebec
Pushpin Label:
Normétal
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in western Quebec
Coordinates:49°N -101°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1925
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 1945
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ghislain Desbiens
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:55.41
Area Land Km2:55.25
Population Total:778
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:14.1
Population Blank1 Title:Pop (2016-21)
Population Blank1: 3.7%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:378
Utc Offset:−5
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Blank Name:Highways

Normétal is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 778 in the 2021 Canadian census.

History

In 1923, zinc and copper was discovered near the Calamité River and two years later, the Abana Mine Company obtained the mining rights. The new settlement, formed by families from Saint-Eustache, Portneuf, Bellechasse and the Mauricie, was therefore first called Abana. In 1931, the Normetal Mining Corporation acquired the mine and brought it to full operation six years later. In 1939, the railway and road to Dupuy was completed. In 1945, the place was incorporated, taking the name of the mining corporation whose name in turn is a portmanteau for "northern" and "metal".[3] [4]

In 1949, street lighting was installed in Normétal. In 1950, the mining corporation came under control of Noranda (which became Falconbridge Ltd. and bought by Xstrata in 2006). In 1956, the mine had a peak production of 900 tons of ore per day and employed over 600 persons. In 1961, the town reached a population of 2519, its largest number of residents. But in 1975, after reaching a depth of, the copper mine closed, resulting in a large exodus of people from the community with many going to the mines of Matagami and Joutel that had just opened. By the following year, the population had dropped to 1455.[3] [4] [5]

The Normetmar Mine closed in 1990. In 2005, work began on rehabilitation of the mine site by removing the tailings and planting vegetation.[4] [5]

Demographics

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Normétal, Quebec
CensusTotal
YearResponsesCountTrendPop % CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
745 5.7%95.5%5 0.0%0.6%15 200.0%%1.9%5 n/a%0.6%
790 7.1%97.5%5 0.0%0.6%5 n/a%0.6%0 0.0%0.0%
850 1.2%99.4%5 50.0%0.6%0 0.0%0.0%0 100.0%0.0%
860 13.1%97.2%10 n/a%1.1%0 0.0%0.0%15 40.0%1.7%
990 12.4%97.5%0 100.0%0.0%0 0.0%0.0%25 n/a%2.5%
1,130 n/a97.1%10n/a0.9%0n/a0.0%0n/a0.0%

Arts and culture

The town of Normétal is the setting of an award-winning movie, The Legacy from filmmaker Bernard Émond (2009), in which a family medicine physician from Montreal takes over the practice of an aging physician in need of respite.[6]

Government

Municipal council (2023):[7]

List of mayors

The former mayors of Normétal were:[8]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Normétal . Répertoire des municipalités . Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation . French . 2023-07-10.
  2. Web site: Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Normétal, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec . 9 February 2022 .
  3. Web site: Normétal (Municipalité) . Commission de toponymie du Québec . 2011-01-07 . French.
  4. Web site: Histoire de Normétal . Municipalité de Normétal . 2011-01-07 . French . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181159/http://www.i-autogere.com/secur/NORMETALAutogere?page=NORMETAL666.html . 2011-07-21 . dead .
  5. Web site: Bienvenue à Normétal . Municipalité de Normétal . 2011-01-07 . French.
  6. Web site: Films du Québec. 2013-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120826082037/http://filmsquebec.over-blog.com/article-donation--la---film-de-bernard-emond-37226612.html . 2012-08-26 . dead .
  7. Web site: Conseil municipal - Normétal . normetal.ao.ca . MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest . 10 July 2023.
  8. Web site: Maires de 1945 à aujourd'hui . Municipalité de Normétal . 2011-01-07 . French . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181236/http://www.i-autogere.com/secur/NORMETALAutogere?page=NORMETAL658.html . 2011-07-21 . dead .
  9. Web site: Procès-verbal de la séance ordinaire du conseil de la Municipalité de Normétal, située au 59, 1re Rue, le 6 décembre 2022, à 19 h 30 . normetal.ao.ca/ . MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest . 10 July 2023 . 6 December 2022.