Coordinates: 49°11′N 64°50′W / 49.183°N 64.833°W / 49.183; -64.833

Cloridorme

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Cloridorme
Saint Cecile Church in Cloridorme
Saint Cecile Church in Cloridorme
Coat of arms of Cloridorme
Location within La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM
Location within La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM
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CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionGaspésie–
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
RCMLa Côte-de-Gaspé
Settled1838
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1885
Government
 • MayorMarcel Mainville
 • Federal ridingGaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
 • Prov. ridingGaspé
Area
 • Total
161.42 km2 (62.32 sq mi)
 • Land158.74 km2 (61.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
607
 • Density3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Decrease 9.5%
 • Dwellings
382
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area codes418 and 581
HighwaysFile:Qc132.svg R-132

Cloridorme (French pronunciation: [klɔʁidɔʁm]) is a township municipality in the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. Cloridorme's economy is centred on fishing. Its population, according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 607. The township stretches for 16 kilometres (10 mi) along the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and includes Cloridorme Bay where the Little and Great Cloridorme Rivers have their mouths.

In addition to the village of Cloridorme itself, the township's territory also includes the communities of Cloridorme-Ouest, Petite-Anse, Pointe-à-la-Frégate, and Saint-Yvon.

Etymology

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Archival documents indicate that "Chlorydormes" was a place in the Jersey Islands, near the village of St John. Emigrants from Jersey have contributed to the primary population of the Gaspé area, including Cloridorme that was settled by a community of fishermen from Jersey. In particular, a certain Lewis Gibaut, friend of Georges Godfray of Grand-Étang (a neighboring village of Cloridorme) and who worked for William Hyman and Sons, returned to die in Chlorydormes, St-John, Jersey.[4][5]

The name has been in use since at least the middle of the 18th-century, as indicated by its use on a map of 1755, and by the 19th-century, the name Les Chlorydormes was used for 2 bays on the coast (now Cloridorme Bay[6] and Petit-Cloridorme Cove[7] where the Grand-Cloridorme and Petit-Cloridorme Rivers empty into the St. Lawrence respectively). The spelling modification and change from plural to singular occurred at the end of the 19th century.[1]

History

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File:Village a Cloridorme, Gaspe sud - 1940.jpg
Village of Cloridorme in 1940

The area was first settled in 1838 by people from Montmagny. In 1853, a mission was set up, called Sainte-Cécile-de-Cloridorme. In 1871, the geographic township was formed, the following year the post office opened (called Chlorydormes, and changed to Cloridorme in 1921), and the year after that, the mission became a parish. In 1885, the Township Municipality of Cloridorme was established.[1]

In 1957, the township lost a portion of its territory when Petite-Vallée became a separate incorporated municipality.[8]

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cloridorme had a population of 607 living in 315 of its 382 total private dwellings, a change of -9.5% from its 2016 population of 671. With a land area of 158.74 km2 (61.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi) in 2021.[3]

Canada census – Cloridorme community profile
202120162011
Population607 (-9.5% from 2016)671 (-9.7% from 2011)743 (-2.7% from 2006)
Land area158.74 km2 (61.29 sq mi)159.62 km2 (61.63 sq mi)160.22 km2 (61.86 sq mi)
Population density3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
Median age61.6 (M: 61.6, F: 62.4)58.5 (M: 58.3, F: 58.8)55.0 (M: 53.9, F: 55.5)
Private dwellings382 (total)  315 (occupied)397 (total)  336 (occupied)412 (total) 
Median household income$55,200$44,800$36,768
References: 2021[9] 2016[10] 2011[11]
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Cloridorme, Quebec[12]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2021
605
600 Decrease 9.8% 99.2% 5 Increase n/a% 0.8% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0%
2016
670
665 Decrease 10.1% 99.3% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% 5 Increase n/a% 0.7% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0%
2011
740
740 Decrease 2.0% 100.0% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0%
2006
765
755 Decrease 16.6% 98.69% 10 Increase n/a% 1.31% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0%
2001
905
905 Decrease 11.3% 97.26% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0%
1996
1,090
1,090 n/a 100.0% 0 n/a 0.0% 0 n/a 0.0% 0 n/a 0.0%

Government

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List of former mayors:[14]

  • Cyprien Labrecque (1885–1892, 1893–1894)
  • Louis Guillemette (1892–1893, 1894–1902)
  • Cyrias Coulombe (1902–1903, 1908–1909)
  • Richard Mercier (1903–1904)
  • Pierre Bélanger (1904–1905)
  • Jean Baptiste Bernatchez (1905–1908)
  • Adelme Coulombe (1909–1911)
  • Alphonse Caron (1911–1917)
  • François Coulombe (1917–1921, 1925–1934)
  • Pierre Côté (1921–1925)
  • Philippe Guillemette (1934–1937)
  • Romuald Coulombe (1937–1943)
  • Eustache Beaudoin (1943–1949)
  • Étienne Beaudoin (1949–1961, 1962–1963)
  • Onias Côté (1961–1962)
  • J. Alphège Florian Francoeur (1963–1968)
  • Marc Bernatchez (1968–1971)
  • J. Léo Fiola (1971–1979)
  • Guy Gleeton (1979–1994)
  • Réal Gasse (1994–2005)
  • Jocelyne Huet (2005–2017)
  • Denis Fortin (2017–2021)
  • Pierre Martin (2021–2023)
  • Marcel Mainville (2023–present)

See also

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References

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