Grand-Remous | |
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 Location within La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM. | |
  Grand-Remous Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates:46°37′N75°54′W / 46.617°N 75.900°W /46.617; -75.900[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| RCM | La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau |
| Constituted | April 29, 1937 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jocelyne Lyrette |
| • Federal riding | Pontiac |
| • Prov. riding | Gatineau |
| Area | |
• Total | 509.89 km2 (196.87 sq mi) |
| • Land | 351.63 km2 (135.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,159 |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (9/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) |  0.2% |
| • Dwellings | 778 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | www |
Grand-Remous is a town and municipality inLa Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec,Canada. The municipality is south of theBaskatong Reservoir, spanning both sides of theGatineau River. The town is situated at the intersection ofRoute 117 andRoute 105.
"Grand-Remous" is French for "greateddy" and is a reference to a large whirlpool on the Gatineau River near the Grand Remous Chute. This name matches theAtikamekw name "Obémiticwang", also meaning "choppy waters" or "big stir."[4]
Its territory consists of low hills which vary between 200 meters (660 ft) and 380 meters (1,250 ft) above sea level, and which are partly cleared, mostly around Grand-Remous and along highway 105.[5]
The township municipality, formed in 1937, was first called Sicotte, named in honour ofLouis-Victor Sicotte (1812-1889), County Deputy of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1857 to 1863. The local post office was also named Sicotte in 1927, but renamed to Grand-Remous in 1933. In 1973, the municipality changed its name to conform to the name of the village where the majority of the population lived.[4]
On October 11, 2003, the Township Municipality of Grand-Remous became the Municipality of Grand-Remous.[4]
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 563 (out of 778 total)[3]
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