Albertville is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality.
The municipality, named after André-Albert Blais, 2nd bishop of Rimouski, had a population of 239 in the 2021 Canadian census.
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History
Settlement began in 1899 when 3 families came to the area, but growth remained slow. In 1912, a mission was established which became a parish, called Saint-Raphaël-d'Albertville, in 1920. In 1930, the parish municipality was created, taking its name from the parish.
In 1997, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Raphaël-d'Albertville changed its name and statutes to become the Municipality of Albertville.
Geography
Albertville is in one of the highest territories of the Matapédia Valley.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Albertville had a population of 239 living in 122 of its 163 total private dwellings, a change of 5.8% from its 2016 population of 226. With a land area of 103.13 km2 (39.82 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) in 2021.
Government
Municipal council:
Mayor: Martin Landry
Councillors: Jennyfer Ruel, Géraldine Chrétien, Albert Robichaud, Denise Desmarais, Catherine Larochelle, Gilberte Potvin
List of former mayors:
Polydor Brochu (1931–1933, 1937–1939)
J. O. Martineau (1933–1935, 1943–1947)
J. W. Potvin (1935–1937)
Marcel Chabot (1939–1941)
Alfred Desmeules (1941–1943, 1949–1959)
Edgar Tardif (1947–1949)
Ephrem Thériault (1959–1962)
Paul Desmeules (1962–1975)
Fernando Thériault (1975–1981)
Conrad Chabot (1981–1989)
Gratien Thériault (1989–1991, 1993–2005)
Pauline Desmarais (1991–1993)
Martin Landry (2005–present)
Education
Albertville is covered by the Monts-et-Marées Scholar Service Centre with the Saint-Rosaire School in Causapscal offering elementary education and the Forimont Polyvalente in Causapscal offering High School education.