Trécesson is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. It encompasses the communities of Clercs-Saint-Viateur, La Ferme, Lac-Davy, Trécesson, and Villemontel.

Trécesson
Township municipality
Villemontel
Location within Abitibi RCM.
Trécesson Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°39′N 78°19′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi
Settled	1913
Constituted	July 15, 1918
Government [2]
• Mayor	Ghislain Nadeau
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	201.50 km2 (77.80 sq mi)
• Land	196.51 km2 (75.87 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,138
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.8%
• Dwellings	504
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Y 2S0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 111 Route 399
Website	www.mrcabitibi.qc.ca

The township had a population of 1,138 as of the 2011 Canadian Census, and a land area of 196.38 km² (75.82 sq mi).[4] It is part of the census agglomeration of Amos.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trécesson had a population of 1,232 living in 519 of its 584 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 1,223. With a land area of 196.89 km² (76.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.3/km² (16.2/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Population trend:[6]

• Population in 2011: 1138 (2006 to 2011 population change: -4.8%)
• Population in 2006: 1195
• Population in 2001: 1177
• Population in 1996: 1145
• Population in 1991: 1061

Mother tongue:[4]

• English as first language: 2.9%
• French as first language: 97.1%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 0%

Municipal council

• Mayor: Ghislain Nadeau
• Councillors: Sébastien Constantineau, Nathalie Dion, Claude Ferland, Michel Hamelin, Patrick Lafrance, Martin Thibault

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