Alma, Quebec
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| Motto: La ville de l'hospitalité | ||
 Location within Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM. |
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| Coordinates: 48°33′N 71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°WCoordinates: 48°33′N 71°39′W / 48.550°N 71.650°W | ||
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |
| RCM | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est | |
| Amalgamation | 1962 (of Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.) | |
| Constituted | February 21, 2001 (amalgamation with Delisle) | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Marc Asselin | |
| • Federal riding | Lac-Saint-Jean | |
| • Prov. riding | Lac-Saint-Jean | |
| Area | ||
| • Town | 230.30 km2 (88.92 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 195.59 km2 (75.52 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 41.10 km2 (15.87 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 340.35 km2 (131.41 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Town | 30,904 | |
| • Density | 158.0/km2 (409/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 26,016 | |
| • Urban density | 633.0/km2 (1,639/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 33,018 | |
| • Metro density | 97.0/km2 (251/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
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| • Dwellings | 13,884 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | G8B, G8C | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 | |
| Highways |
 Route 169 Route 170 Route 172
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| Telephone Exchanges | 212, 321, 480-2, 487, 662, 668-9, 719, 720, 769 | |
| GNBC Code | EFHQD | |
| NTS Map | 022D12 | |
| Website | www |
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Alma (2011 Town population: 30,904; CA Population 33,018; UA Population 26,016) is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City. Alma is the seat of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality. Alma is the second city in population in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region after the city of Saguenay.
Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma.
The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial center during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical power station on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill (Price) and an aluminum smelting plant (Alcan), all of which are still in activity today.
In 2002, Alma merged with the Municipality of Delisle.
Population trend:
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 13324 (total dwellings: 13884)
Mother tongue:
Alma is serviced by the Alma Airport, located 4.1 km to the south of the town.
Petite-Décharge
Downtown Alma
Former Isle-Maligne town hall
Rio Tinto Alcan aluminum smelter in Alma
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