Grand-Remous, Quebec

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Grand-Remous
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Quebec
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Outaouais
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established_title2 = Incorporation
established_date2 = April 29, 1937
government_type = Municipality
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Gérard Coulombe
area_total_km2 = 386.55
area_land_km2 = 358.25
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area_footnotes = [Total area: [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/cgi-bin/repert1.pl?region=&mrc=&geo=83095&muni= Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions]
Land area: Statistics Canada]
population_as_of= 2006
population_footnotes = [Statistics Canada 2006 Census]
population_total = 1249
population_density_km2 = 3.5
timezone = EST
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postal_code_type = Postal Code
postal_code = J0W
latd = 46 | latm = 37 | lats = | latNS = N
longd = 75 | longm = 54 | longs = | longEW = W
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Grand-Remous is a town and municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality is south of the Baskatong Reservoir, spanning both sides of the Gatineau River. The town is situated at the intersection of Route 117 and Route 105.

"Grand-Remous" is French for "great eddy" and is a reference to a large whirlpool on the Gatineau River near the Grand Remous Chute. This name matches the Atikamekw name "Obémiticwang", also meaning "choppy waters" or "big stir."cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/odo.asp?Speci=26596 |title=Municipalité de Canton de Grand-Remous |accessdate=2008-08-05 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French]

Its territory consists of low hills which vary between m to ft|200|precision=-1 and m to ft|380|precision=-1 above sea level, and which are partly cleared, mostly around Grand-Remous and along highway 105.cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=379142&Latitude=46,61666&Longitude=-75,9&Zoom=1700 |title=Canton de Sicotte |accessdate=2008-08-05 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French]

History

The township municipality, formed in 1937, was first called Sicotte, named in honour of Louis-Victor Sicotte (1812-1889), County Deputy of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1857 to 1863. The local post office was also named Sicotte in 1927, but renamed to Grand-Remous in 1933. In 1973, the municipality changed its name to conform to the name of the village where the majority of the population lived.

On October 11, 2003, the Township Municipality of Grand-Remous became the Municipality of Grand-Remous.

Demographics

Population: [Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census]
* Population in 2006: 1249
* Population in 2001: 1261
** 2001 to 2006 population change: -1 %
* Population in 1996: 1257
* Population in 1991: 1184

Total private dwellings (excluding seasonal cottages): 529

Languages:
* English as first language: 5.6 %
* French as first language: 90.7 %
* English and French as first language: 1.6 %
* Other as first language: 2.0 %

References

Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = Grand-Remous
North = Lac-Marguerite
Northeast =
East = Ferme-Neuve, Mont-Laurier
Southeast =
South = Bois-Franc, Aumond
Southwest =
West = Montcerf-Lytton
Northwest = Cascades-Malignes