Aumond
Township municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aumond is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality.
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Aumond | |
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Coordinates: 46.47°N 75.89°W / 46.47; -75.89[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Outaouais |
RCM | La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau |
Constituted | December 12, 1877 |
Named for | Joseph-Ignace Aumond[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mario Langevin |
• Federal riding | Pontiac |
• Prov. riding | Gatineau |
Area | |
• Total | 227.62 km2 (87.88 sq mi) |
• Land | 212.82 km2 (82.17 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 754 |
• Density | 3.5/km2 (9/sq mi) |
• Pop (2016–21) | 0.0% |
• Dwellings | 623 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Website | www |
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The township is named after Colonel Joseph-Ignace Aumond (1810–1879), a native of l'Assomption, who was one of the major timber merchants of the Ottawa Valley in the nineteenth century. His operations were particularly along the Gatineau, and even went as far as Lake Timiskaming.[4]