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Chazel

Chazel () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 254 in the 2021 Canadian census.

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Settlement.name: Chazel
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.flag_size: 120x100px
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Chazel Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Western Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_label: Chazel
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: Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Settlement.subdivision_type3: RCM
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Abitibi-Ouest
Settlement.established_title: Settled

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Chazel () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It had a population of 254 in the 2021 Canadian census.

The municipality was incorporated on February 19, 1938, as the Municipality of Saint-Janvier, and commonly known as Saint-Janvier-de-Chazel. In 1991, it was renamed to Chazel, named after Guillaume Chazel, a French soldier who died in 1725 near Cape Breton.