Rouyn-Noranda Information & Rouyn-Noranda Links at HealthHaven.com

Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
	— Ville —
Ville de Rouyn-Noranda
	Fountain on Osisko Lake.
	; Logo
	; Logo
	Motto: "Fierté, Solidarité, Savoir"; ("Pride, Solidarity, Knowledge")
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Founded	1926
Merged	1986
Electoral Districts; Federal	; Abitibi—Témiscamingue
Provincial	Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue
	Government
- Mayor	Mario Provencher
	Area
- Total	5,991.06 km2 (2,313.2 sq mi)
	Population (2006)
- Total	39,924 (ranked 112th)
- Density	6.7/km2 (17.4/sq mi)
- Change *	+0.8%
- Dwellings	18,921
	* Change from 2001 census
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code(s)	J9X, J9Y
Area code(s)	819
Access Routes	Route 101; Route 117; Route 391; Route 393
Website	Ville de Rouyn-Noranda

Rouyn-Noranda (2006 population 39,924) is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada.

The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec of the same name. Their geographical code is 86.

[edit] History

City Hall.

The city of Rouyn (named for Jean-Baptiste Rouyn, a captain in the Royal-Rousillon regiment of Montcalm)^[4] appeared after copper was discovered in 1917. Noranda (a contraction of "North Canada") was created later around the Horne mine and foundry. Both were officially constituted as cities in 1926, then merged in 1986.

Since 1966, Rouyn and Noranda constitute the capital of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It is also the seat of public university UQAT since 1983.

The population tends to increase or decrease dramatically depending on the economic situation. The city's population dropped by 5 per cent between the 1996 and 2001 census, before increasing slightly by 0.8 per cent for the 2006 census. This more closely parallels the demographic patterns of Northern Ontario than those of Quebec during this period. Rouyn-Noranda also has other cultural affiliations with Northern Ontario, being the only municipality in Quebec that holds a membership in the Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

The Roman Catholic diocese of Rouyn-Noranda was established on November 29, 1973, with Mgr. Jean-Guy Hamelin as its first bishop. It is part of the Metropolitan Province of Gatineau. Mgr. Dorylas Moreau was appointed as bishop on November 30, 2001, replacing Mgr. Hamelin. On September 15, 2003, a decree moved the cathedral from Saint-Michel-Archange church to Saint-Joseph church.

[edit] Communities

Fonderie Horne vue du cartier Sacré-Coeur.

In the municipal reorganizations of January 1, 2002, Rouyn-Noranda amalgamated with the municipalities of the former Regional County Municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, including Arntfield, Bellecombe, Cadillac, Cléricy, Cloutier, D'Alembert, Destor, Évain, Lac-Montanier, Lac-Surimau, McWatters, Mont-Brun, Montbeillard, Rapides-des-Cèdres and Rollet.

[edit] Politics

Federally, Rouyn-Noranda is part of the Abitibi—Témiscamingue riding. Its MP is currently Marc Lemay of the Bloc Québécois. Provincially, Rouyn-Noranda is part of the Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue riding, which is currently represented by Daniel Bernard of the Quebec Liberal Party. This part of the province is known to vote most of the time for the Bloc Québécois federally and for the Parti Québécois provincially.

The city's mayor is Mario Provencher.

Rouyn-Noranda is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Rouyn-Noranda. Its geographical code is 86.

[edit] Sports

The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies have played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League since the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser relocated to the town in 1996. Rouyn-Noranda has produced a high amount of NHLers for its size with former NHL stars Pierre Turgeon, Sylvain Turgeon, Dale Tallon, Pit Martin, Jacques Laperrière, Jacques Cloutier, Dave Keon, Réjean Houle and Éric Desjardins all hailing from the city.

[edit] Culture

Downtown Rouyn-Noranda.

A street corner in Downtown Rouyn-Noranda.

Since 1982, the city has been host to the International Cinema Festival of Abitibi-Témiscamingue and since 2003, the host of the Emerging Music Festival in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Notable cultural figures from Rouyn-Noranda include singer-songwriter Richard Desjardins, actors Paule Baillargeon, Anne Dorval and Bruce Greenwood, and science fiction writer Éric Gauthier.

Rouyn-Noranda is known as "La Capitale Nationale du Cuivre" (or the National Copper Capital) for its extensive copper deposits and mining/smelting activities.

Rouyn-Noranda is also known as a "Capital of Metal" since the metal scene is very active and popular. Many metal bands played in Rouyn-Noranda, like Behemoth, Sonata Arctica, Kreator, Napalm Death, Cryptopsy, Cephalic Carnage, Cannibal Corpse, Quo Vadis, Deeds of flesh, Disgorge, Mortal decay, Kataklysm, 1349, Anonymus, Vader, Martyr and Neuraxis. Descend Into Nothingness, Abitabyss, Archons, Cryptik Howling, Decrepity, Chaotic Insurrection and many other metal bands from Rouyn-Noranda have great success in the metal scene.

[edit] Transportation

The city is served by the Rouyn-Noranda Airport and has a small public transit system of four bus routes serving the urban area..

The primary highways through the city are the north-south Route 101 and the east-west Route 117, which is part of the Trans-Canada Highway system.

[edit] Media

Main article: Media in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Almost all media in Rouyn-Noranda and the nearby city of Val-d'Or serves both cities. Although the cities are far enough apart that radio and television stations in the area serve the cities from separate transmitters, almost every broadcast station in either city has a rebroadcaster in the other city. The only nominal exceptions are the cities' separate NRJ stations, although at present even these stations share the majority of their broadcast schedule.