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{{For|the former provincial electoral district|Rouyn-Noranda (electoral district)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Rouyn-Noranda
|official_name          = {{lang|fr-CA|Ville de Rouyn-Noranda}}
|settlement_type        = [[City (Quebec)|City]]
|image_skyline          = Poisson-Volant-2021-07-23.jpg
|imagesize              = 
|image_caption          = Poisson vollant site with the Rouyn sector in the background
|image_blank_emblem     = Rouyn-Noranda.svg
|blank_emblem_type      = Logo
|blank_emblem_size      = 150px
|image_seal             = Rouyn Noranda seal.png
| motto = {{force singular}} "Fierté, Solidarité, Savoir"<br />''("Pride, Solidarity, Knowledge")''
|image_map              = Quebec MRC Rouyn-Noranda location map.svg
|map_caption            = Location in province of Quebec
|mapsize                = 
|image_map1              = Rouyn-Noranda Quebec location diagram.png
|map_caption1            = Location with surrounding municipalities
|pushpin_map             = Canada Western Quebec
|pushpin_label_position = 
|pushpin_label        = 
|pushpin_map_caption  = Location in western Quebec
|coordinates            = {{coord|48|14|N|79|01|W|region:CA-QC|notes=<ref>{{cite cgndb|EQKCH|Rouyn-Noranda}}</ref>|display=inline,title}}
|coor_pinpoint          = 
|coordinates_footnotes  = <ref name="toponymie"/>
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = Canada
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Quebec]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
|subdivision_name3      = None
|established_title      = Founded
|established_date       = 1926
|established_title1     = Constituted
|established_date1      = January 1, 2002
|established_title2     = 
|established_date2      = 
|seat_type              = 
|seat                   = 
|parts_type             = 
|parts                  = 
|government_footnotes   = <ref name=mamrot>{{cite web |url=https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/86042/ |title=Rouyn-Noranda |work=Répertoire des municipalités |publisher=Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation |language=French |accessdate=2021-04-06 |archive-date=2022-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123034335/https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/86042/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = [[Gilles Chapadeau]]
|leader_title1          = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
|leader_name1           = [[Abitibi—Témiscamingue (electoral district)|Abitibi—Témiscamingue]]
|leader_title2          = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
|leader_name2           = [[Abitibi-Est]] / [[Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue|Rouyn-<br />Noranda–Témiscamingue]]
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=mamrot/><ref name="cp2011a">{{Cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Rouyn%2DNoranda&DGUIDlist=2021S0504485&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |title=2021 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |access-date=2012-05-26 |archive-date=2013-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207091319/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2486042&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Rouyn-Noranda&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 5,963.57
|area_urban_km2         = 24.15
|area_metro_km2         = 
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=mamrot/><ref name="census2021">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census: Rouyn-Noranda, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Rouyn-Noranda [Census agglomeration] |date=8 February 2017 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Rouyn%2DNoranda&DGUIDlist=2021S0504485&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=December 3, 2019 |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003190333/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2486042&Geo2=CMACA&Code2=485&SearchText=rouyn&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|population_total       = 42313
|population_as_of       = 2021
|population_density_km2 = 7.1
| population_urban   = 25515
| population_density_urban_km2 = 1056.5
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_metro_km2 = 
|population_blank1_title= Change<br /><small>2016-2021</small>
|population_blank1      = {{decrease}} 0.0%
|population_blank2_title= Dwellings
|population_blank2      = 18851
|population_note        = 
|timezone               = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
|utc_offset             = −05:00
|timezone_DST           = EDT
|utc_offset_DST         = −04:00
|postal_code_type       = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
|postal_code            = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J9X, J9Y]]
|area_codes              = [[Area codes 819 and 873|819/873]]
|blank_name             = Highways
|blank_info             = {{jct|state=QC|QC|101}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|TCH|117}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|391}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|393}}
|website                = {{URL|www.ville.rouyn-noranda.qc.ca|www.ville.<br />rouyn-noranda.qc.ca}}
}}

'''Rouyn-Noranda''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁwɛ̃ nɔʁɑ̃da}}; [[Canada 2021 Census|2021 population]] 42,313) is a city on [[Osisko Lake]] in the [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]] region of [[Quebec]], Canada.

The city of Rouyn-Noranda is  coextensive with a [[territory equivalent to a regional county municipality]] (TE) and [[Census geographic units of Canada|census division]] (CD) of [[Quebec]] of the same name. Their geographical code is 86.

==History==
[[File:Hoteldevillerouyn.jpg|thumb|left|City Hall]]

The city of Rouyn (named for [[Jean-Baptiste Rouyn]], a captain in the [[Régiment Royal Roussillon]] of [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]])<ref>Gourd (1988), p. 1890.</ref> appeared after [[copper]] was discovered in 1917. Noranda (a contraction of "'''Nor'''th C'''an'''a'''da'''") was created later around the [[Noranda (mining company)|Horne]] mine and [[foundry]]. Both were officially constituted as cities in 1926, then merged in 1986.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
[[File:79.01740W 48 Rouyn Noranda.png|left|thumb|Rouyn Noranda seen from space]]
Since 1966, Rouyn and Noranda constitute the capital of the [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]] region. It is also the seat of {{Lang|fr|[[Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]|italic=no}} (UQAT) since 1983.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The population tends to increase or decrease dramatically depending on the economic situation. The city's population dropped by 5 per cent between the [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]] and [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]] census, before increasing slightly by 0.8 per cent for the [[Canada 2006 Census|2006 census]]. This more closely parallels the demographic patterns of [[Northern Ontario]] than those of Quebec during this period. Rouyn-Noranda also has other cultural affiliations with Northern Ontario, being the only municipality in Quebec that holds a membership in the [[Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda was established on February 9, 1974, by Pope Paul VI, with Mgr. Jean-Guy Hamelin as its first bishop.  It is part of the Metropolitan Province of [[Archdiocese of Gatineau|Gatineau]]. Mgr. Dorylas Moreau was appointed as bishop on November 30, 2001, replacing Mgr. Hamelin. On September 15, 2003, a decree moved the cathedral from Saint-Michel-Archange Church to Saint-Joseph Church.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Geography==
[[File:Octo05 007.jpg|thumb|The Horne foundry seen from Chadbourne hill]]
As part of the [[2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec]], on January 1, 2002, the municipalities (including unorganized territories) of the former [[Rouyn-Noranda Regional County Municipality]] amalgamated into the new City of Rouyn-Noranda.  These were: 
Arntfield,<ref>{{toponymie|373639|text=Arntfield|access-date=2025-01-21}}</ref> Bellecombe, Beaudry, Cadillac, Cléricy, Cloutier, D'Alembert, Destor, Évain, Lac-Montanier, Lac-Surimau, McWatters, Mont-Brun, Montbeillard, Rapides-des-Cèdres, Rollet, and the former Rouyn-Noranda.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

=== Climate ===
Rouyn-Noranda has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dfb'').

{{Weather box
| width = auto
| location = Rouyn-Noranda
| collapsed = yes
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan mean C = -14.4
| Feb mean C = -13.1
| Mar mean C = -6.4
| Apr mean C = 1.5
| May mean C = 10.3
| Jun mean C = 15.8
| Jul mean C = 18.3
| Aug mean C = 16.9
| Sep mean C = 12.5
| Oct mean C = 5.5
| Nov mean C = -1.9
| Dec mean C = -10.0
| year mean C = 
| Jan high C = -10.1
| Feb high C = -8.1
| Mar high C = -1.1
| Apr high C = 6.6
| May high C = 15.8
| Jun high C = 21.0
| Jul high C = 23.3
| Aug high C = 21.9
| Sep high C = 17.6
| Oct high C = 9.4
| Nov high C = 1.1
| Dec high C = -6.4
| year high C = 
| Jan low C = -19.2
| Feb low C = -18.5
| Mar low C = -12.1
| Apr low C = -3.5
| May low C = 4.3
| Jun low C = 9.8
| Jul low C = 12.8
| Aug low C = 12.0
| Sep low C = 8.0
| Oct low C = 2.0
| Nov low C = -5.2
| Dec low C = -14.0
| year low C = 
| Jan precipitation mm = 50.2
| Feb precipitation mm = 46.9
| Mar precipitation mm = 51.8
| Apr precipitation mm = 60.2
| May precipitation mm = 55.8
| Jun precipitation mm = 68.9
| Jul precipitation mm = 84.1
| Aug precipitation mm = 73.3
| Sep precipitation mm = 79.8
| Oct precipitation mm = 72.0
| Nov precipitation mm = 71.2
| Dec precipitation mm = 63.7
| year precipitation mm = 
| source 1 = Weather.Directory<ref name="Weather.Directory">
{{cite web|url=https://weather.directory/ca/rouyn-noranda
|title= Rouyn-Noranda Weather & Climate Guide
|access-date= 15 Jun 2025
|website= Weather.Directory}}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Rouyn-Noranda had a population of {{val|42313|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|19282|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|20874|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:42313-42334}}|42334|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|42334|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|5963.57|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|42313|5963.57|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022 | archive-date=February 13, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213130057/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | url-status=live }}</ref> Immigrants from Africa have revived the town's population.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Onishi |first1=Norimitsu |title=How African Immigrants Have Revived a Remote Corner of Quebec |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/world/canada/rouyn-noranda-immigration-africa.html |access-date=31 March 2024 |work=New York Times |date=30 March 2024}}</ref>

{{Canada census
 |location = Rouyn-Noranda
 |2021_population=42,313 | 2021_pop_delta=+0.0  | 2021_land_area=5,963.57 | 2021_pop_density=7.1
 |2021_median_age=42 | 2021_median_age_m=40.8 | 2021_median_age_f=43.2
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=19,280 |2021_mean_hh_income=76,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00032486 | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27
 |2016_population=42,334 |2016_pop_delta=+3.2 |2016_land_area=6,010.50 |2016_pop_density=7.0
 |2016_median_age=41.9 |2016_median_age_m=40.8 |2016_median_age_f=43.2
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=18,851 |2016_mean_hh_income=62,994 |2016_access_date=2018-03-17
 |2011_population=41,012 |2011_pop_delta=+2.7 |2011_land_area=6,010.50 |2011_pop_density=6.8
 |2011_median_age=41.6 |2011_median_age_m=40.7 |2011_median_age_f=42.5
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=19,224 |2011_mean_hh_income=54,132 |2011_access_date=2014-02-22
 |2006_population=39,924 | 2006_pop_delta=+0.8 | 2006_land_area=5,991.06 | 2006_pop_density=6.7
 |2006_median_age=40.7 | 2006_median_age_m=40.2 | 2006_median_age_f=41.2
 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=18,921 | 2006_mean_hh_income=44,223 | 2006_access_date=2014-02-22
 |2001_population=28,270 | 2001_pop_delta=-8.6 | 2001_land_area=348.07 | 2001_pop_density=81.2
 |2001_median_age=38.5 | 2001_median_age_m=38.0 | 2001_median_age_f=39.0
 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=13,967 |2001_mean_hh_income=37,477 | 2001_access_date=2014-02-22
 |notes=
}}

{{stack|{{Historical populations
| title= <small>Historical Census Data - Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec</small>
| footnote= <ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]] census</ref><ref name="census2021"/>
| percentages = 
| shading = off
| align = none
| cols = 
| 1991 |28958
| 1996 |28819
| 2001 |28270
| 2006 |39924
| 2011 |41012
| 2016 |42334
| 2021 |42313
}}}}

Native French speakers comprise about 95% of the city's population.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec<ref name="scpast"/>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"| 
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop % 
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
|{{center|2021}}
|
|{{center|41,935}}
|
|39,975
|{{decrease}} 0.9%
|95.3%
|
|750
|{{decrease}} 7.4%
|1.8%
|
|385
|{{increase}} 32.8%
|0.9%
|
|675
|{{increase}} 26.2%
|1.6%
|-
|{{center|2016}}
|
|{{center|42,085}}
|
|40,355
|{{increase}} 4.1%
|95.9%
|
|810
|{{decrease}} 3.1%
|1.9%
|
|290
|{{increase}} 18.4%
|0.7%
|
|535
|{{increase}} 21.5%
|1.3%
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|40,200}}
|
| 38,700
| {{increase}} 1.9%
| 96.3%
|
| 835
| {{increase}} 15.2%
| 2.1%
|
| 245
| {{steady}} 0.0%
| 0.6%
|
| 420
| {{decrease}} 11.6%
| 1.0%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|39,435}}
|
| 37,990
| {{increase}} 41.8%
| 96.3%
|
| 725
| {{decrease}} 2.0%
| 1.8%
|
| 245
| {{increase}} 40.0%
| 0.6%
|
| 475
| {{increase}} 111.1%
| 1.2%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|27,930}}
|
| 26,790
| {{decrease}} 0.1%
| 95.9%
|
| 740
| {{decrease}} 28.2%
| 2.7%
|
| 175
| {{decrease}} 39.7%
| 0.6%
|
| 225
| {{decrease}} 33.8%
| 0.8%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|28,490}}
|
| 26,830
| n/a
| 94.2%
|
| 1,030
| n/a
| 3.6%
|
| 290
| n/a
| 1.0%
|
| 340
| n/a
| 1.2%
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+First language of Rouyn-Noranda's Citizens (2021)<ref name="SC2021">[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Rouyn%2DNoranda&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052486042&HEADERlist=0 2021 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec]</ref>
|-
! Language
! Population
! Percentage (%)
|-
| French
| 39,975
| 95.3%
|-
| English
| 750
| 1.8%
|-
| Both English and French
| 385
| 0.9%
|-
| French and a non-official language
| 115
| 0.3%
|-
| Arabic
| 210
| 0.5%
|-
| Spanish
| 130
| 0.3%
|-
|}

==Economy==
The unemployment rate of the region was 6.6% in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.emploiquebec.gouv.qc.ca/regions/abitibi-temiscamingue/portrait-de-lemploi-et-du-marche-du-travail/ | title=Portrait de l'emploi et du marché du travail > Emploi-Québec | access-date=2018-10-17 | archive-date=2018-10-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018002941/http://www.emploiquebec.gouv.qc.ca/regions/abitibi-temiscamingue/portrait-de-lemploi-et-du-marche-du-travail/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Propair]] has its headquarters on the property of [[Rouyn-Noranda Airport]].<ref>"[http://www.propair.ca/spip.php?article18 Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706194029/http://www.propair.ca/spip.php?article18 |date=2011-07-06 }}." [[Propair]]. Retrieved on November 4, 2010. "Rouyn-Noranda Headquarters 30, rue Pronovost Rouyn-Noranda airport Rouyn-Noranda (Québec) J9X 5B7 CA ." [http://www.propair.ca/spip.php?article16 Address in French] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706200303/http://www.propair.ca/spip.php?article16 |date=2011-07-06 }}: "Rouyn-Noranda Siège social 30, rue Pronovost Aéroport de Rouyn-Noranda Rouyn-Noranda (Québec) J9X 5B7 CA "</ref>

[[Glencore]] Copper Canada currently operates the [[Horne Smelter]]. The smelter is the world's largest processor of electronic scrap containing copper and precious metals. It opened in 1927 at the site of the Horne copper mine. The mine was closed in 1976, but the smelter remained in production.<ref>[http://www.fonderiehorne.ca Horne Smelter], Glencore Canada</ref>

{{Lang|fr|[[Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]|italic=no}} is based in Rouyn-Noranda, with campuses elsewhere such as [[Val-d'Or]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue |url=https://www.uqat.ca/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241219205545/https://www.uqat.ca/ |archive-date=2024-12-19 |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=www.uqat.ca |language=fr}}</ref>

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Rouynnoranda349398383.JPG|thumb|A street corner in Downtown Rouyn-Noranda]]
[[File:Synagogue de Rouyn-Noranda 2.jpg|thumb|[[Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue]]]]
Since 1982, the city has been host to the International Cinema Festival of Abitibi-Témiscamingue and since 2003, the host of the Emerging Music Festival in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Notable cultural figures from Rouyn-Noranda include singer-songwriter [[Richard Desjardins]], actors [[Paule Baillargeon]], [[Anne Dorval]] and [[Bruce Greenwood]], and science fiction writer [[Éric Gauthier (writer)|Éric Gauthier]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Rouyn-Noranda is known as "La Capitale Nationale du Cuivre" (or the National Copper Capital) for its extensive copper deposits and mining/smelting activities.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Attractions==
[[St. George Russian Orthodox Church of Rouyn]] is a [[Russian Orthodox Church]], with traditional architecture. It was erected between 1955 and 1957 by the Russian community, at the time about twenty families. A guided tour explains the celebration of Mass and the history of immigrant communities and their role in local history. This distinctive church paints a vivid picture of the lives of the people who suffered through the First and Second World Wars and finally came to live in Canada.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Sports==
The [[Rouyn-Noranda Huskies]] have played in the [[Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League]] since the [[Saint-Hyacinthe Laser]] relocated to the town in 1996. Rouyn-Noranda has produced a large number of [[National Hockey League|NHL]]ers for its size including former NHL stars [[Pierre Turgeon]], [[Stephane Matteau]], [[Sylvain Turgeon]], [[Dale Tallon]], [[Pit Martin]], [[Jacques Laperrière]], [[Jacques Cloutier]], [[Dave Keon]] and [[Kent Douglas]], the last two both members of the 1967 Stanley Cup Champion Toronto Maple Leafs. Former NHL players [[Réjean Houle]], [[Éric Desjardins]] and the Bordeleau Brothers (Christian, Jean Paul and Paulin) also hail from the city. Rouyn-Noranda native [[Marc-André Cliche]] played in his first NHL game in 2010. Their most fierce rivals are the [[Val-d'Or Foreurs]], which constitute the "Battle of the 117" since both cities are connected by [[Quebec Route 117|Route 117]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Government==
Federally, Rouyn-Noranda is part of the [[Abitibi—Témiscamingue (electoral district)|Abitibi—Témiscamingue]] riding. The MP is  [[Sébastien Lemire]] of the [[Bloc Québécois]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Provincially, Rouyn-Noranda is part of the [[Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue]] riding and the [[Abitibi-Est]] riding. The MNAs are [[Daniel Bernard (politician)|Daniel Bernard]] and [[Pierre Dufour (politician)|Pierre Dufour]] of the [[Coalition Avenir Québec]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The city's mayor is [[Gilles Chapadeau]].{{when|date=July 2022}}{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Rouyn-Noranda is also a [[territory equivalent to a regional county municipality]] (TE) and [[Census geographic units of Canada|census division]] (CD) of [[Quebec]], coextensive with the city of Rouyn-Noranda. Its geographical code is 86.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Rouyn-Noranda is the seat of the [[Judicial districts of Quebec|judicial district]] of the same name.<ref>[http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/D_11/D11_A.HTM ''Territorial Division Act''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926125200/http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=%2FD_11%2FD11_A.HTM |date=2018-09-26 }}. ''Revised Statutes of Quebec'' D-11.</ref>

==Infrastructure==
The city is served by the [[Rouyn-Noranda Airport]] and has a small [[Rouyn-Noranda public transit|public transit]] system of four bus routes serving the urban area.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The primary highways through the city are the north–south [[Quebec Route 101|Route 101]] and the east–west [[Quebec Route 117|Route 117]], which is part of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] system.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Education==
===University===
The [[Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue]] (UQAT) began in 1970 in premises loaned by the Cégep as an extension of the [[Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières]] (UQTR), before obtaining its letters patent in 1983. Based at the Séminaire St-Michel, it moved into a new building with original architecture in 1996. It offers training in several fields, including education, civil engineering, multimedia creation, administration, social work and health at its three campuses in Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or and Amos and at several other centres in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, as well as in Mont-Laurier and at the École de Technologie supérieure de Montréal, where it offers several programmes in multimedia creation. It also has two research institutes (mining and environment, forestry) and an agricultural research centre at [[Notre-Dame-du-Nord]] in Témiscamingue.<ref>https://www.uqat.ca/</ref>

===College===
The [[Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue]] (CEGEPAT), founded in 1967, serves an area of 65,143 km2, with its three regular education campuses in Rouyn-Noranda, [[Amos, Quebec|Amos]] and [[Val-d'Or]], and the continuing education centres in [[Ville-Marie, Quebec|Ville-Marie]] and [[La Sarre]].<ref>https://www.cegepat.qc.ca/</ref>

===Secondary ===
French High school education is provided in four public schools, École de la Grande-Ourse, École La Source, École Sacré-Coeur and École d'Iberville.

English High school education is provided in Noranda School.

===English language education===
Currently, English-language public education is provided by the [[Western Québec School Board]].

==Media==
{{Main|Media in Abitibi-Témiscamingue}}

Almost all media in Rouyn-Noranda and the nearby city of [[Val-d'Or]] serves both cities. Although the cities are far enough apart that radio and television stations in the area serve the cities from separate transmitters, almost every broadcast station in either city has a [[rebroadcaster]] in the other city. The only nominal exceptions are the cities' separate [[Énergie]] stations, although at present even these stations share the majority of their broadcast schedule.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Sister cities==
Rouyn-Noranda has not yet established a twinning agreement with any city.

==Notable people==
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* [[Anodajay]], rapper and music producer
* [[Philippe B]], songwriter
* [[Paule Baillargeon]], actress and director
* [[Denise Bellamy]], judge
* [[Yves Beauchemin]], writer
* [[Lise Bissonnette]], journalist, writer and administrator
* [[Bob Blackburn (ice hockey)|Bob Blackburn]], sport commentator
* [[Yves Blais]], politician
* [[Luc Blanchette]], economist and politician
* [[Christie Blatchford]], journalist
* [[William Brenton Boggs]], pioneer of military and commercial aviation.
* [[Christian Bordeleau]], hockey player
* [[Jean-Pierre Bordeleau]], hockey player
* [[Paulin Bordeleau]], hockey player
* [[Marc Bureau (politician)|Marc Bureau]], politician
* [[Armand Caouette]], politician and trade representative
* [[Gilles Caouette]], politician
* [[Gilles Carle]], director, screenwriter and painter
* [[Jacques Caron]], hockey player and coach
* [[Marc-André Cliche]], hockey player
* [[Jacques Cloutier]], hockey player
* [[Roland Cloutier]], hockey player
* [[Wayne Connelly]], hockey player
* [[Jacques Cossette]], hockey player
* [[Éric Desjardins]], hockey player
* [[Richard Desjardins]], songwriter and director
* [[Anne Dorval]], actress
* [[Yvan Ducharme]], actor and humorist.
* [[Salvat Etchart]], writer
* [[John Emilius Fauquier]], World War II aviator
* [[Antonio Flamand]], politician
* [[Allan Furlong]], politician
* [[Cathy Gauthier]], humorist
* [[Éric Gauthier (writer)|Éric Gauthier]], writer
* [[Christine Girard]], weightlifter
* [[Jim Gordon (politician)|Jim Gordon]], mayor of Sudbury
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* [[Bruce Greenwood]], actor and producer
* [[Annie Guay]], hockey player
* [[Chris Hayes (ice hockey)|Chris Hayes]], hockey player
* [[Réjean Houle]], hockey player
* [[Peter Jensen (psychologist)|Peter Jensen]], sport psychologist
* [[Denyse Julien]], badminton player
* [[Dave Keon]], hockey player
* [[Abraham Moses Klein]], poet and writer
* [[Gina Kingsbury]], hockey player
* [[Jacques Laperrière]], hockey player
* [[Nil-Élie Larivière]], politician
* [[Paul Larose]], hockey player
* [[Steve Larouche]], hockey player
* [[Marc Lemay]], politician and lawyer
* [[Jean Lemieux]], hockey player
* [[Jean-Louis Levasseur]], hockey player
* [[Pit Martin]], hockey player
* [[Stéphane Matteau]], hockey player
* [[André Melançon]], actor, screenwriter and director
* [[Johanne Morasse]], politician
* [[Keke Mortson]], hockey player
* [[Ted Ouimet]], hockey player
* [[Gilles A. Perron|Gilles Perron]], politician
* [[Valérie Plante]], mayor of [[Montreal]]
* [[André Racicot]], hockey player
* [https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/291249/aglae-rene-de-cotret Aglaé René De Cotret], hockey player
* [[Gildor Roy]], actor and country singer
* [[Jocelyne Saucier]], author
* [[Bob Sullivan (ice hockey)|Bob Sullivan]], hockey player
* [[Dale Tallon]], hockey player
* [[Pierre Turgeon]], hockey player
* [[Sylvain Turgeon]], hockey player
* [[John C. Turmel]], politician
* [[Rémy Trudel]], politician
* [[Hal Willis (singer)|Hal Willis]], country singer
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==See also==
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* [[List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec]]
* [[:Category:People from Rouyn-Noranda]]
* [[:Category:Sportspeople from Rouyn-Noranda]]

==References and notes==
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}}

===Sources===
*Gourd, Benoit-Beaudry. "Rouyn-Noranda", in ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', Volume 3. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishing, 1988.

==Further reading==
* Rodrigue, Patrick. "Rouyn-Noranda, la Mecque du rock 'n' roll" & "Un Musée du rock 'n' roll pourrait naître à Rouyn-Noranda", Abi''tibi-Express'', vol. 1, no 44 (31 mai 2011), p.&nbsp;4. ''N.B''.: Paired ill. articles, each individually titled and separately accessible also on the newspaper's Internet site, describing Rouyn-Noranda as one of the two contrasting poles, the other being Montréal, of popular music in Québec.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Rouyn-Noranda}}
*[http://ville.rouyn-noranda.qc.ca/ Ville de Rouyn-Noranda] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | title     = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
 | Centre    = Rouyn-Noranda
 | North     = [[Lac-Duparquet, Quebec|Lac-Duparquet]], [[Duparquet, Quebec|Duparquet]], [[Rapide-Danseur, Quebec|Rapide-Danseur]],<br /> [[Sainte-Germaine-Boulé, Quebec|Sainte-Germaine-Boulé]], [[Taschereau, Quebec|Taschereau]]
 | Northeast = [[Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville, Quebec|Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville]], [[Preissac, Quebec|Preissac]]
 | East      = [[Rivière-Héva, Quebec|Rivière-Héva]]<br />[[Val-d'Or]]
 | Southeast = [[Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Quebec|Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue]]
 | South     = [[Nédélec, Quebec|Nédélec]], [[Rémigny, Quebec|Rémigny]], [[Laforce, Quebec|Laforce]]
 | Southwest = 
 | West      = {{flagicon|ON}} [[Timiskaming, Unorganized, East Part, Ontario|Unorg. East Timiskaming, Ontario]] <br /> {{flagicon|ON}} [[McGarry, Ontario]] <br /> {{flagicon|ON}} [[Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, Ontario|Unorg. West Timiskaming, Ontario]]
 | Northwest = {{flagicon|ON}} [[Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario|Unorg. North Cochrane, Ontario]]
}}
{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | title = '''Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories'''
 | Centre    = Rouyn-Noranda TE
 | North     = [[Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality|Abitibi-Ouest RCM]]
 | Northeast = [[Abitibi Regional County Municipality|Abitibi RCM]]
 | East      = [[La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality|La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM]]
 | Southeast = 
 | South     = [[Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality|Témiscamingue RCM]]
 | Southwest = 
 | West      = {{flagicon|ON}} [[Timiskaming District|Timiskaming District, Ontario]]
 | Northwest = 
}}
{{Administrative divisions of Quebec|regions=yes|cities=yes|counties=yes|region=08}}
{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region|Abitibi-Témiscamingue|state=expanded}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Territories equivalent to a regional county municipality]]