Clerval, Quebec
title: "Clerval, Quebec" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-in-quebec", "incorporated-places-in-abitibi-témiscamingue", "populated-places-established-in-1916"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-in-quebec" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerval,_Quebec" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Clerval |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Clerval QC.JPG |
| flag_size | 120x100px |
| shield_size | 100x80px |
| image_map | Clerval Quebec location diagram.png |
| map_caption | Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Western Quebec |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in western Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Quebec |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | Abitibi-Ouest |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_date | 1916 |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | September 12, 1927 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Michel Cliche |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Abitibi-Ouest |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 130.93 |
| area_land_km2 | 99.17 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 373 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 3.8 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop (2016-21) |
| population_blank1 | 0.5% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 291 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | J0Z 1R0 |
| area_code | 819 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | No major routes |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Clerval | native_name = | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Clerval QC.JPG | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = 120x100px | image_shield = | shield_size = 100x80px | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Clerval Quebec location diagram.png | map_caption = Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM | pushpin_map = Canada Western Quebec | pushpin_map_caption = Location in western Quebec |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_label = | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes= | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Quebec | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Abitibi-Témiscamingue | subdivision_type3 = RCM | subdivision_name3 = Abitibi-Ouest | established_title = Settled | established_date = 1916 | established_title1 = Constituted | established_date1 = September 12, 1927 | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Michel Cliche | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = Abitibi—Témiscamingue | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = Abitibi-Ouest | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 130.93 | area_land_km2 = 99.17 | area_water_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 373 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_density_km2= 3.8 | population_blank1_title= Pop (2016-21) | population_blank1 = 0.5% | population_blank2_title= Dwellings | population_blank2 = 291 | population_note = | timezone = EST | utc_offset = −5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = −4 | postal_code_type = Postal code(s) | postal_code = J0Z 1R0 | area_code = 819 | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = No major routes | website = | footnotes =
Clerval () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 101.6 km² and had a population of 373 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
The municipality was incorporated on September 12, 1927, and originally called Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc-de-Clerval. Likely the current name, adopted in 1951, is a portmanteau from the French words claire vallée, meaning "clear valley".
In addition to Clerval itself, the municipality also includes the community of L'Île-Nepawa (), located on Nepawa Island in Lake Abitibi. Nepawa comes from the Algonquin language meaning "where one camps in passing" or "large island".
Demographics
|title = Historical census populations – Clerval, Quebec |align = none |cols = 3 |percentages = |footnote = |source = Statistics Canada | 1931 |486 | 1941 |765 | 1951 |845 | 1956 |852 | 1961 |775 | 1966 |666 | 1971 |481 | 1976 |374 | 1981 |380 | 1986 |365 | 1991 |346 | 1996 |356 | 2001 |351 | 2006 |358 | 2011 |364 | 2016 |371 | 2021 |373
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 180 (total dwellings: 291)
Mother tongue (2021):
- English as first language: 1.3%
- French as first language: 96%
- English and French as first language: 1.3%
- Other as first language: 0%
Government
Municipal council (as of 2023):
- Mayor: Michel Cliche
- Councillors: Gaétan St-Jean, Claire Paquet, Mathilde Lévesque, Chantal Melançon, Nancy Gosselin, Nicole Therrien
References
References
- "Clerval". Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- (2021)
- "Clerval (Municipalité)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "L'Île-Nepawa (Hameau)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Île Nepawa". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
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