Senneterre, Quebec (parish)

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.

History

In 1916, the geographic township was formed, and in 1923, the Township Municipality of Senneterre-Partie-Est was established out of the township's eastern part. In November 1931, it annexed the remainder of the geographic township (west and east of the Bell River), except for Senneterre-Partie-Ouest. It shortened its name and changed statutes to the Parish Municipality of Senneterre in 1949.

In 1964 and 1969, the City of Senneterre annexed portions of its territory.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Senneterre had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 0.8 %
• French as first language: 97.9 %
• English and French as first language: 0.4 %
• Other as first language: 0.4 %

Local government

List of former mayors:

• Julien Beauvais (1923–1930)
• Eugène Prévost (1931–1933, 1937–1940)
• Louis Major (1933–1936)
• Joseph Gagné (1941–1953)
• Édouard Duval (1953–1957)
• Azarie Paquin (1957–1958)
• Charles-Eugène Fortier (1959–1960)
• Gérard St-Pierre (1961–1963, 1966–1971)
• Gaston Beaudoin (1963–1965)
• Victor Leroux (1971–1975)
• Jean-Marie Chiasson (1975–1985)
• Louis-marie Martin (1985–1993)
• Pierre Patry (1993–1997)
• Raymond Bilodeau (1997–2005)
• Céliane Taillefer (2005–2009)
• Jacline Rouleau (2009–present)

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