ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC

'Rouyn-Noranda' (2001 population 39,621) is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada.
The city of Rouyn 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, and so it has dropped by 5% between the 1996 and 2001 census.
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.
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, Quo Vadis, Kataklysm, 1349, Anonymus, Suffocation, Vader, Martyr,Neuraxis, Aborted, Leng Tch'e and Decapitated. Descend Into Nothingness, Abitabyss, Cryptik Howling, Decrepity and many other metal bands from Rouyn-Noranda have great success in the metal scene.
The Roman Catholic diocese of Rouyn-Noranda was erected 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.
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 and current NHL stars Pierre Turgeon, Sylvain Turgeon, Dale Tallon, Pit Martin, Jacques Laperriere, Dave Keon, Rejean Houle, and Eric Desjardins all hailing from the city.

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Communities

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

Politics

Federally, Rouyn-Noranda is part of the Abitibi—Témiscamingue riding. Its MP is currently Marc Lemay of the Bloc Québécois Party.
Provincially, Rouyn-Noranda is part of the Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue riding, which is currently represented by Johanne Morasse of the Parti québécois. This part of the province is known to vote most of the time for the Bloc québécois (federal) and for the Parti québécois (provincial).
The city's mayor is Roger Caouette. His current term is 2005-2009.

Media

Radio

★ FM 88.7 - CHIC, religious

★ FM 89.9 - CBFX-4, Espace musique

★ FM 90.7 - CHLM, La Première Chaîne

★ FM 95.7 - CHGO-1, "Go FM"

★ FM 96.5 - CHOA, Radio X modern rock

★ FM 99.1 - CJMM, Énergie FM

★ FM 99.9 - CBMA, CBC Radio One

Television

★ Channel 2: CBMA, CBC

★ Channel 4: CKRN, SRC

★ Channel 8: CIVA, Télé-Québec

★ Channel 13: CFEM, TVA

★ Channel 20: CFVS-1, TQS

Newspapers

★ La Dépêche

★ Le Citoyen

★ La Frontière

Images

See also

★ Municipal reorganization in Quebec

External links

★ Ville de Rouyn-Noranda official website (in French and English)

★ Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (in French and English)

★ Festival de musique émergente en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (in French and English)