Municipality in Quebec, Canada
Clerval (French pronunciation: [klɛʁval] ) is a municipality in northwestern Quebec , Canada , in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality . It covers 101.6 km² and had a population of 373 as of the 2021 Canadian census .
The municipality was incorporated on September 12, 1927, and originally called Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc-de-Clerval. Likely the current name, adopted in 1951, is a portmanteau from the French words claire vallée , meaning "clear valley".
In addition to Clerval itself, the municipality also includes the community of L'Île-Nepawa (48°41′12″N 79°27′22″W / 48.68667°N 79.45611°W / 48.68667; -79.45611 Lake Abitibi . Nepawa comes from the Algonquin language meaning "where one camps in passing" or "large island".
Demographics
Historical census populations – Clerval, Quebec Year Pop. ±% 1931 486 — 1941 765 +57.4% 1951 845 +10.5% 1956 852 +0.8% 1961 775 −9.0% 1966 666 −14.1%
Year Pop. ±% 1971 481 −27.8% 1976 374 −22.2% 1981 380 +1.6% 1986 365 −3.9% 1991 346 −5.2% 1996 356 +2.9%
Year Pop. ±% 2001 351 −1.4% 2006 358 +2.0% 2011 364 +1.7% 2016 371 +1.9% 2021 373 +0.5%
Source: Statistics Canada
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 180 (total dwellings: 291)
Mother tongue (2021):
English as first language: 1.3%
French as first language: 96%
English and French as first language: 1.3%
Other as first language: 0% Government
Municipal council (as of 2023):
Mayor: Michel Cliche
Councillors: Gaétan St-Jean, Claire Paquet, Mathilde Lévesque, Chantal Melançon, Nancy Gosselin, Nicole Therrien References
^ "Clerval (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
^ "Clerval" . Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
^ "Clerval, Quebec (Code 2487075) Census Profile" . 2021 census Statistics Canada .
"L'Île-Nepawa (Hameau)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-10."Île Nepawa" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
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Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
ClervalLocation in western Quebec
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Subdivisions of Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality