Senneterre
Senneterre | |
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Road 113 in Senneterre | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Saine terre attire ("Healthy land attracts") | |
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM | |
Senneterre Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°23′N 77°14′W / 48.383°N 77.233°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | La Vallée-de-l'Or |
| Settled | 1904 |
| Constituted | June 13, 1919 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nathalie-Ann Pelchat |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Est |
| Area | |
• Town | 16,457.05 km2 (6,354.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 14,892.00 km2 (5,749.83 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Town | 2,782 |
| • Density | 0.2/km2 (0.52/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,212 |
| • Urban density | 721/km2 (1,870/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) | 3.0% |
| • Dwellings | 1,534 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | R-113 R-386 |
| Website | www |
Senneterre (French pronunciation: [sɛntɛʁ]) is a town in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of northwestern Quebec, Canada. It is in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.
There are three schools in the town: St-Paul elementary school, Chanoine-Delisle elementary school and La Concorde High school. The town centre is mainly surrounded by Parent Lake and Tiblemont Lake. The main street of the town is called Avenue 10e (10th Avenue). The arena is named Centre sportif André Dubé. The economy of the town is mainly based on forestry.