Back أموس (كيبك) Arabic Amos ATJ Amos (lungsod) CEB Amos (Québec) German Amos, Quebec DIQ Amos (Quebec) Spanish Amos (Québec) Estonian Amos (Quebec) Basque آموس، کبک Persian Amos (Québec) French
Amos | |
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 Skyline of Amos and the Harricana River | |
 Seal .svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location within Abitibi RCM | |
  Amos Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°34′N 78°07′W / 48.567°N 78.117°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi |
| Settled | 1910 |
| Constituted | January 17, 1987 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sébastien D'Astous |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
| • Total | 437.38 km2 (168.87 sq mi) |
| • Land | 429.04 km2 (165.65 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 8.43 km2 (3.25 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,298.16 km2 (887.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310.00 m (1,017.06 ft) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 12,675 |
| • Density | 29.5/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9,281 |
| • Urban density | 1,101.2/km2 (2,852/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 18,873 |
| • Metro density | 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  1.2% |
| • Dwellings | 6,051 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-109  R-111  R-395 |
| Website | www |
Amos is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
Amos is the main town on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary towns — after Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or — in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The smaller communities of Lac-Gauvin and Saint-Maurice-de-Dalquier are also within the municipal boundaries of Amos.
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toponymiewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Amos". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: ABITIBI--TÉMISCAMINGUE (Quebec)
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census Amos, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Abitibi, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada. April 6, 2021. Archived from the original on January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ a b "Amos (Population centre) census profile". 2016 Census data. Statistics Canada. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ a b "Amos (Census agglomeration) census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-06. The census agglomeration consists of Amos, Berry, Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire, Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, Saint-Marc-de-Figuery, Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana, Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville, Trécesson and Pikogan.
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