Preissac

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

48°24′N 78°22′W / 48.400°N 78.367°W / 48.400; -78.367^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionAbitibi-TémiscamingueRCMAbitibiSettled1934ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1979Government

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• MayorDonald Rheault • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue • Prov. ridingAbitibi-OuestArea

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• Total506.29 km² (195.48 sq mi) • Land422.13 km² (162.99 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total914 • Density2.2/km² (6/sq mi) • Pop (2016-21)

9.5% • Dwellings

527Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)Postal code(s)

J0Y 2E0

Area code819Highways

R-395Websitewww.preissac.com

Preissac is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. The village of Preissac itself is located at the north end of Lake Preissac.

It is named after Lambert Preissac de Cadeihan, a lieutenant in the Régiment de Berry that was part of General Montcalm's army.^[1]

History

1906 : Opening of the first molybdenite mine
1916 : Establishment of the geographic township (canton) of Preissac.^[1]
1934 : Arrival of the first settlers under the Vautrin Plan
1936: Start of construction of the St-Raphael de Preissac church.
January 1, 1979 : The Municipality of Preissac is established from previously unincorporated territory.^[1]
1979 : Opening of the Bousquet mine^[4]^[5]
1980 : Opening of the Doyon mine
1988 : Opening of Dumagami mine (later renamed La Ronde) operated by Agnico-Eagle which was the source in the 1990s of more than half of Quebec's gold production

Demographics

Historical census populations – Preissac

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	453	—
1986	455	+0.4%
1991	529	+16.3%
1996	619	+17.0%
2001	684	+10.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	726	+6.1%
2011	786	+8.3%
2016	835	+6.2%
2021	914	+9.5%

Source: Statistics Canada

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 430 (total dwellings: 527)^[3]

Mother tongue (2021):^[3]

English as first language: 1.6%
French as first language: 97.8%
English and French as first language: 0.5%
Other as first language: 0%

Government

Municipal council (as of 2023):^[2]

Mayor: Donald Rheault
Councillors: Casandra Couture, Jean-Paul Gosselin, David Gervais, Amélie Massé, Isabelle Beaulieu, Sébastien Petitclerc

List of former mayors:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2023)

Jean-Yves Gingras (...–2009)
Huguette Saucier (2009–2013)
Stephan Lavoie (2013–2020)
Nicole Poulin (2020)
Donald Rheault (2020–present)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Preissac (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Preissac". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Preissac community profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
^ "Long Lac officially opens Bousquet". The Val d'Or Star. July 4, 1979. p. 17. ISSN 1184-4981. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
^ "Long Lac Mineral Exploration Ltd Mines De Bousquet". The Val d'Or Star. July 4, 1979. p. 13. ISSN 1184-4981. Retrieved July 1, 2010. ^{[dead link]}