Palmarolle
Palmarolle is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 117.87 km2 and had a population of 1,386 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is considered to have the best agricultural land of the entire Abitibi region.
History
The area began to be colonized in 1911 when the township was surveyed. The completion of the National Transcontinental Railway at La Sarre and Macamic led to further waves of development with the arrival of new settlers in 1916, 1918, and 1929. Following the pattern of other places in the Abitibi, the settlement was named after a historic military figure, François-Charles Bertrand de Palmarole or Palmarolle, lieutenant of the La Sarre Regiment and Knight of the Order of Saint Louis. In 1921, the parish was formed and in 1930, the place was incorporated as a municipality.Demographics
Population
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents : 595Mother tongue :
- English as first language: 0.4%
- French as first language: 98.6%
- English and French as first language: 0.4%
- Other as first language: 0.7%
Government
- Mayor: Véronique Aubin
- Councillors: Josée Aubin, Nicole Hébert-Trottier, Lyne Vachon, Jeanot Goulet, Sabrina Turgeon
- Amédée Rodrigue
- Omer Tousignant
- Aldephonse Dallaire
- Robert Pelletier
- Stanislas Pelletier
- Emilien Bégin
- Pierre Aubin
- Marcel Caron
- Pierre Vachon
- Louisa Gobeil
- Aline Bégin
- Véronique Aubin
Notable people
- Henri Tousignant, a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Rogatien Vachon, a professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.