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Chazel

Field	Value
name	Chazel
settlement_type	Municipality
flag_size	120x100px
shield_size	100x80px
image_map	Chazel Quebec location diagram.png
map_caption	Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
pushpin_map	Canada Western Quebec
pushpin_label	Chazel
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	1917
established_title1	Constituted
established_date1	February 19, 1938
government_footnotes
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Daniel Favreau
leader_title1	Federal riding
leader_name1	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
leader_title2	Prov. riding
leader_name2	Abitibi-Ouest
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	140.14
area_land_km2	133.55
population_footnotes
population_total	254
population_as_of	2021
population_density_km2	1.9
population_blank1_title	Pop 2016-2021
population_blank1	12.1%
population_blank2_title	Dwellings
population_blank2	131
timezone	EST
utc_offset	−05:00
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	−04:00
postal_code_type	Postal code(s)
postal_code	J0Z 1N0
area_code	819
blank_name	Highways
blank_info	No major routes
website

Chazel () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 254 in the 2021 Canadian census.

The municipality was incorporated on February 19, 1938, as the Municipality of Saint-Janvier, and commonly known as Saint-Janvier-de-Chazel. In 1991, it was renamed to Chazel, named after Guillaume Chazel, a French soldier who died in 1725 near Cape Breton.

History

The municipality was founded in 1938 under the name of Saint-Janvier. In 1991, Saint-Janvier changed its name to the current Chazel.

Geography

The municipality is located to the north-east of La Sarre, between Val-Saint-Gilles to the north and Macamic to the south.

Demographics

Population

| 1941 |538 | 1951 |574 | 1956 |593 | 1961 |571 | 1966 |531 | 1971 |487 | 1976 |374 | 1981 |371 | 1986 |407 | 1991 |373 | 1996 |388 | 2001 |330 | 2006 |321 | 2011 |289 | 2016 |289 | 2021 |254

Language

Responses	Count	Trend	Count	Trend	Pop %	Trend	Pop %	Count
240	15.8%	96.0%	5	0.0%	2.0%	5	n/a%	2.0%
285	1.7%	98.3%	5	n/a%	1.7%	0	0.0%	0.0%
290	9.4%	100.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%
320	0.0%	100.0%	0	100.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%
320	17.9%	97.0%	10	n/a%	3.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%
390	n/a	100.0%	0	n/a	0.0%	0	n/a	0.0%

Government

Municipal council (as of 2024):

Mayor: Daniel Favreau
Councillors: Charles Fortin, Serge Morin, Audrey Veillette, Armande Bouchard, Réjean Veillette, Yves Frappier

List of former mayors:

Émilien Savard (...–2005)
Denis Hince (2005–2009)
Daniel Favreau (2009–present)

Political representation

Year	Liberal	Conservative	New Democratic	Green	[2019](2019-canadian-federal-election)	[2015](2015-canadian-federal-election)	[2008](2008-canadian-federal-election)	[2006](2006-canadian-federal-election)
CA	BQ}}		12%	7	16%	10	57%	37	3%	2	5%	3
	7%	6	36%	29	54%	44	0%	0	3%	2
CA	NDP}}		23%	25	9%	10	16%	17	50%	54	2%	2
	5%	5	13%	13	21%	21	61%	61	0%	0
CA	BQ}}		19%	15	16%	13	35%	28	24%	19	6%	5
	17%	20	16%	19	50%	61	13%	16	4%	5
	28%	32	5%	6	64%	74	3%	3	1%	1

Year	CAQ	Liberal	Parti Québécois	[2022](2022-quebec-general-election)	2014	2012
QC	CAQ}}		45%	57	4%	5	10%	13	17%	22
	47%	34	0%	0	10%	7	40%	29
QC	PQ}}		13%	11	12%	10	8%	6	67%	54
	25%	28	26%	29	7%	8	40%	45

Provincially it is part of the riding of Abitibi-Ouest. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Suzanne Blais, of the Coalition Avenir Québec, was re-elected to represent the population of Chazel in the National Assembly of Quebec.

Federally, Chazel is part of the federal riding of Abitibi—Témiscamingue. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, the incumbent Sébastien Lemire of the Bloc Québécois was re-elected to represent the population Chazel in the House of Commons of Canada.

References

"Chazel". Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
"Chazel census profile". Statistics Canada.
"Chazel (Municipalité)". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
[[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census. 2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census. 2021]] census
"Conseil municipal 2023 - Chazel". MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest.
"Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in block 3374)". Elections Canada.
"Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in block 3374)". Elections Québec.

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