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.

Senneterre
Parish municipality
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM.
Senneterre Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°23′N 77°15′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	La Vallée-de-l'Or
Settled	1910s
Constituted	March 23, 1923
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jacline Rouleau
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Est
Area [2][3]
• Total	624.80 km2 (241.24 sq mi)
• Land	569.23 km2 (219.78 sq mi)
Elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,218
• Density	2.1/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.7%
• Dwellings	609
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Y 2M0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 113 Route 386
Website	www.paroisse senneterre.qc.ca

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.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Senneterre had a population of 1,202 living in 559 of its 606 total private dwellings, a change of 0.8% from its 2016 population of 1,192. With a land area of 567.05 km² (218.94 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km² (5.5/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population trend:[5]

• 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

Mother tongue:[6]

• English as first language: 0.9%
• French as first language: 99.1%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

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