Clerval, Quebec
Clerval is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 101.6 km² and had a population of 364 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
The municipality was incorporated on September 12, 1927, and originally called Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc-de-Clerval. Likely the current name, adopted in 1951, is a portmanteau from the French words claire vallée, meaning "clear valley".
In addition to Clerval itself, the municipality also includes the community of L'Île-Nepawa, located on Nepawa Island in Lake Abitibi. Nepawa comes from the Algonquin language meaning "where one camps in passing" or "large island".Demographics
Population trend:
- Population in 2011: 364
- Population in 2006: 358
- Population in 2001: 351
- Population in 1996: 356
- Population in 1991: 346
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 162
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 100%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
- Mayor: Suzanne Théberge
- Councillors: Gilles Auger, Donald Boudreau, Mario Boutin, Rock Riopel, Roger Robitaille, Nicole Therrien
