Estérel, Quebec

Estérel
City
Lac Dupuis, with Estérel Resort in the background
Lac Dupuis, with Estérel Resort in the background
Location within Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Location within Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Estérel is located in Central Quebec
Estérel
Estérel
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°03′N 74°01′W / 46.05°N 74.02°W / 46.05; -74.02[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionLaurentides
RCMLes Pays-d'en-Haut
Settled1920s
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 2006
Government
[2]
 • MayorFrank Pappas
 • Federal ridingLaurentides—Labelle
 • Prov. ridingBertrand
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
16.20 km2 (6.25 sq mi)
 • Land12.62 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
262
 • Density20.8/km2 (54/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016–21)
Increase 33.7%
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0T 1E0
Area code(s)450 and 579
Websitewww.villedesterel.com Edit this at Wikidata

Estérel is a city in Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The municipal territory almost entirely extends around Lake Masson, whereas the village itself is situated on the eastern shore of this lake.

History

The area of Estérel was first part of the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, which formed in the early 1860s.[4]

Around 1920, Baron Louis Empain, son of Belgian industrialist Baron Édouard Empain, acquired substantially all the land around Lake Masson intending to build a resort called Estérel, named after the Esterel massif in Provence, south-east France. In 1939, the Estérel Post Office opened.[5]

In 1958, Fridolin Simard, an industrialist from Abitibi, bought over 2000 hectares of the baron's estate and completed the holiday resort. A year later in 1959, The Town of Estérel was formed when it separated from Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson.[5]

On October 10, 2001, the Town of Estérel and the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson were merged to become the Town of Sainte-Marguerite–Estérel. On January 1, 2006, after a municipal referendum, the Town of Estérel was however re-established and the Town of Sainte-Marguerite–Estérel was renamed to its former name of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson.[4][5]

Demographics

Estérel town hall

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Estérel had a population of 262 living in 153 of its 377 total private dwellings, a change of 33.7% from its 2016 population of 196. With a land area of 12.62 km2 (4.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.8/km2 (53.8/sq mi) in 2021.[6]

Population trend:[7]

  • Population in 2021: 262 (2016 to 2021 population change: 33.7%)
  • Population in 2016: 196
  • Population in 2011: 199
  • Population in 2006: 256
    • 2001 to 2006 population change: 41.4%
  • Population in 2001: 181
  • Population in 1996: 108
  • Population in 1991: 119

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 17%
  • French as first language: 75.5%
  • English and French as first language: 3.8%
  • Other as first language: 5.7%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 388481". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 77011". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Tableau de profil, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  5. ^ a b c "Estérel (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  6. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  7. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census