Clermont () is a township municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 484 in the 2021 Canadian census. The population centre itself is sometimes referred to as Saint-Vital-de-Clermont.

The township was incorporated on March 4, 1936.

History Clermont was officially created on March 4, 1936. Three years later, in 1939, it lost a major section of its territory when Val-Saint-Gilles split from Clermont.

Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Clermont had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Clermont, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 465 4.1% 96.9% 5 0.0 1.0% 5 n/a% 1.0% 5 n/a% 1.0% 485 2.1% 98.0% 5 0.0% 1.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 475 11.2% 99.0% 5 n/a% 1.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 535 2.7% 100.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 550 6.8% 100.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 100.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 590 n/a 98.3% 0 n/a 0.0% 10 n/a 1.7% 0 n/a 0.0%

Government Alexandre D. Nickner was elected November 3, 2013, as mayor of Clermont. By doing so, he became the youngest mayor of Quebec at the age of only 20 years. After his 4 years' term, Nickner decided to quit politics to focus on his company. Daniel Céleste, deputy mayor during Nickner's period, became mayor by default in November 2017.

List of former mayors:

Joseph Gauthier (1936–1941) Sijefroid Bélair (1941–1945) Donat Marier (1945–1950, 1960–1962) Henri Pilon (1950–1954) Arthur Lauzon (1954–1957) Henri Pilon (1957–1958) Paul Clément (1958–1960) Roland Guindon (1962–1975) Roch Gagnon (1975–1993) Michel Mercier (1993–2005) Lucie Hardy (2005–2009) Doris Souligny (2009–2010) Robert Paquette (2010–2013) Alexandre D. Nickner (2013–2017) Daniel Céleste (2017–present)

See also List of township municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

Official website