For the geographical area, to see Bay James.

The municipality of Bay-James includes/understands most of the Jamésie, in the administrative area of the North-of-Quebec, of which the territory where the principal installations of the hydroelectric Complexe are Large the. With 333.000 km ², it acts, at the territorial level, of the the widest municipality of the world.

Created at the same time as the Company of development of the James Bay and the Company of energy of the James Bay, between 1971 and 1972, the Municipality of Bay-James is a municipality of the special type directed by the mayors of the four cities of Jamésie, namely the mayors of Chapais, Chibougamau, Lebel-sur-Quévillon and Matagami, by the presidents of the localities of Radisson, Valcanton and Villebois like by a representative of the territory not urbanized. The Municipality of Bay-James can also exert certain powers of regional Municipalité of county.

The eight villages cries of the area are not included/understood in the territory of the Municipality of Bay-James since their creation little time after the signature of the Convention of the Bay-James and Québécois North in 1975. Thus, the grounds of category I (the villages cries) are excluded from the Municipality of Bay-James. The grounds of category II, where the Cries have the exclusive right of hunting, fishing and trapping, on the other hand, belong to the Municipality of Bay-James and are managed jointly by the regional Administration shouts and the Municipality of Bay-James within the framework of the District council of zone of the Bay James .

The Municipality of Bay-James and the four cities wedged have a population of approximately 17  000 people, centered in the towns of Chapais (1  800), of Chibougamau (7  900), of Lebel-sur-Quévillon (3  200) and of Matagami (1  900). The majority of the other residents live small towns of the territory, including approximately 500 people with Radisson, close to the Hydroelectric station Robert-Bourassa. The eight villages cries of the area of the Jamésie are gathered within the regional Administration shouts.

The mayor of the Municipality of Bay-James is Gerald Lemoyne, also mayor of the town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon.

Municipalities bordering

External bond

• Municipality of Bay-James

Source

• Bay-James (municipality) - Commission of the toponymy of Quebec
• Repertory of the municipalities - Ministry for the municipal businesses and the areas of Quebec

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