Английская Википедия:Aumond, Quebec

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Aumond is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality.

The township is named after Colonel Joseph-Ignace Aumond (1810–1879), a native of l'Assomption, who was one of the major timber merchants of the Ottawa Valley in the nineteenth century. His operations were particularly along the Gatineau, and even went as far as Lake Timiskaming.

Geography

The township is on the eastern shores of the Gatineau River along Route 107. The topography of the township is fairly rough, rising from Шаблон:Convert above sea level, near the hamlet of Val-Émard, to Шаблон:Convert. Numerous lakes surround the town, including Lac des Pins, Lac Murray, Lac Saint-Joseph, and Lac Joseph.

Aumond village itself is located on the banks of the Joseph River (Шаблон:Lang-fr) which was also named after Joseph-Ignace Aumond. Other communities within the township are Val-Émard and Saint-Cajétan.

History

The history of Aumond dates back to mid-nineteenth century when Joseph-Ignace Aumond began logging in the area. In 1861, the parish of Sainte-Famille d'Aumond and Aumond Township were proclaimed, and in 1877 the township municipality was established. Jos Bertrand, Cyrille Monette, and Édouard Goulet were its first mayors. The first chapel was built in 1870.

In 1862, Oblate priests built the first sawmill on the Joseph River, a tributary of the Gatineau River, in order to saw wood from the rich surrounding forests. A few months later, they built a flour mill adjacent to the first mill. At the outset, these mills were powered by a water wheel which was replaced at the beginning of the twentieth century, by a turbine that, from 1929 onwards, also provided electricity to the villagers. Destroyed by flames, these mills were rebuilt and remained active until 1989.

Today, the municipality of Aumond revives its history by the redevelopment of the Moulin des Pères site in the heart of the village.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aumond had a population of Шаблон:Val living in Шаблон:Val of its Шаблон:Val total private dwellings, a change of Шаблон:Percentage from its 2016 population of Шаблон:Val. With a land area of Шаблон:Convert, it had a population density of Шаблон:Pop density in 2021.

Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 8%
• French as first language: 90%
• English and French as first language: 2.6%
• Other as first language: 0%

Local government

List of former mayors: Шаблон:Incomplete list

• Léger Duchesne (1981–1985, 1989–1999)
• Joseph Bénard (1999–2005)
• Jean Giasson (2005–?)
• Germain St-Amour (?–2009)
• Denis Charron (2009–2017)
• Alphée Moreau (2017–2022)
• Mario Langevin (2022–present)

See also

• List of anglophone communities in Quebec

External links

• MRC de La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau: Aumond