Dupuy, Quebec
Dupuy | |
|---|---|
Church of Dupuy | |
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM | |
| Coordinates: 48°50′N 79°21′W / 48.833°N 79.350°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Settled | 1912 |
| Constituted | September 20, 1918 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alain Grégoire |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
• Total | 122.70 km2 (47.37 sq mi) |
| • Land | 122.43 km2 (47.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 940 |
| • Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) | 1.0% |
| • Dwellings | 414 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | R-111 |
| Website | www |
Dupuy (French pronunciation: [dypɥi]) is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 123.48 km2 and had a population of 940 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
The municipality was incorporated on September 20, 1918, and known as Saint-Jacques-de-Dupuy until March 4, 1995. The name pays tribute to Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dupuy (1804-1879) in 1836, as a missionary at the Lake Abitibi post.