Cayamant
Sign in to saveCayamant is a municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The village of Lac-Cayamant is located at the north end of Lake Cayamant, west of Gracefield.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cayamant
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cayamant QC 1.JPG
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Canada Western Quebec
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in western Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Outaouais
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- RCM
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
- Settlement.established_title1
- Constituted
- Settlement.established_date1
- October 10, 1906
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 10 October 1906
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cayamant
- Demonym
- Cayamantoise
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- +944
- Area
- +412.70
- Shares border with
- Kazabazua
- Official website
- www.cayamant.ca
- Image
- Cayamant QC 1.JPG
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Local government
- References
- External links
Cayamant is a municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The village of Lac-Cayamant is located at the north end of Lake Cayamant, west of Gracefield.
It was formerly known as the Township Municipality of Dorion, named after Antoine-Aimé Dorion (1818-1891). It was renamed to the Municipality of Cayamant at the end of 1988, due to many problems created by having the identical name to that of the city of Dorion (which merged with neighbouring Vaudreuil in 1994). The new name refers to the largest lake in its territory, Lake Cayamant. The Algonquin term Kakgama, Kandikagamaw, or Kandikagama means "porcupine". Alternatively, it may come from Kantuagama, which means lake with a large bay.