Clerval | |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Western Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in western Quebec |
Coordinates: | 48.75°N -105°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1916 |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | September 12, 1927 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Michel Cliche |
Area Total Km2: | 130.93 |
Area Land Km2: | 99.17 |
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 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | No major routes |
Clerval (in French pronounced as /klɛʁval/) 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".[2]
In addition to Clerval itself, the municipality also includes the community of L'Île-Nepawa (48.6867°N -79.4561°W), located on Nepawa Island in Lake Abitibi. Nepawa comes from the Algonquin language meaning "where one camps in passing" or "large island".[3] [4]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 180 (total dwellings: 291)
Mother tongue (2021):
Municipal council (as of 2023):[1]