Alma, Quebec

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official_name = Ville d'Alma
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native_name = Town of Alma
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motto = La ville de l'hospitalité

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subdivision_type2 = Regional County Municipality
subdivision_name2 = Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
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established_title = 1st Amalgamation
established_date = 1962 (with Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma.)
established_title2 = 2nd Amalgamation
established_date2 = 2002 (with Delisle)
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population_as_of = 2006
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settlement_type = Ville (Town)
population_total = 29998
population_density_km2 = 153.4
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timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT)
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postal_code_type = Canadian Postal code
postal_code = G8B
area_code = 418
blank_name =Telephone Exchanges
blank_info = 212, 321, 480 - 2, 487, 662, 668 -9, 719, 720, 769
blank1_name =GNBC Code
blank1_info = EFHQD
blank2_name = NTS Map
blank2_info = 022D12
website = [http://www.ville.alma.qc.ca Alma's Official Site]
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Alma (.

The present city of Alma was born in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial center during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical dam on the Grande-Décharge River, a paper mill (Price) and an aluminum smelting plant (Alcan), all of which are still in activity today.

In 2002, Alma amalgamated with Delisle, Quebec.

External links

* [http://www.ville.alma.qc.ca Alma city website]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/Details/details1.cfm?SEARCH=BEGINS&ID=490&PSGC=24&SGC=24410&DataType=1&LANG=E&Province=All&PlaceName=alma&CMA=&CSDNAME=Alma&A=&TypeNameE=Census%20Agglomeration&Prov= Statistics Canada]
* [http://www.tourismealma.com Tourism: City of Hospitality !]