Senneterre, Quebec (parish)

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Country Canada RCM La Vallée-de-l'Or Constituted March 23, 1923 Area 624.8 km² Area code 819		Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue Settled 1910s Elevation 301 m (988 ft) Population 1,218 (2011) Province Québec

Senneterre is a parish municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. The parish is mostly a rural municipality that almost completely surrounds the actual population centre of the neighbouring City of Senneterre.

The place is named after the geographic township of Senneterre, that in turn was named in honour of a captain of the Languedoc Regiment that fought under General Montcalm.

Demographics

Population trend:

Population in 2011: 1218 (2006 to 2011 population change: 2.7%)

Population in 2006: 1186

Population in 2001: 1192

Population in 1996: 1169

Population in 1991: 1082

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 526 (total dwellings: 609)

Mother tongue:

English as first language: 0.9%

French as first language: 99.1%

English and French as first language: 0%

Other as first language: 0%

References

Senneterre, Quebec (parish) Wikipedia

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