Trécesson is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality.

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Trécesson
Township municipality
Villemontel
Location within Abitibi RCM
Trécesson Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°39′N 78°19′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi
Settled	1913
Constituted	July 15, 1918
Government [2]
• Mayor	Ghislain Nadeau
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area [2][3]
• Total	203.25 km2 (78.48 sq mi)
• Land	196.89 km2 (76.02 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,232
• Density	6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
• Pop (2006-21)	0.7%
• Dwellings	584
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Y 2S0
Area code	819
Highways	R-111 R-399
Website	www.municipalitedetrecesson.com

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The municipality is part of the census agglomeration of Amos. It includes the communities of Clercs-Saint-Viateur, La Ferme, Lac-Davy, Trécesson, and Villemontel.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trécesson had a population of 1,232 living in 519 of its 584 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 1,223. With a land area of 196.89 km² (76.02 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.3/km² (16.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Mother tongue (2021):^[3]

• English as first language: 0%
• French as first language: 98.8%
• English and French as first language: 0.4%
• Other as first language: 0.4%

Municipal council (as of 2023):^[2]

• Mayor: Ghislain Nadeau
• Councillors: André Masson, Nadia Caron, Nathalie Dion, Martin Veilleux, Rémi Roy, Stephan Roy

List of former mayors:

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• Anita Bédard-Larochelle (...–2005, 2013–2017)
• Jacques Trudel (2005–2009)
• Ghislain Nadeau (2009–2013, 2021–present)
• Chantal Poliquin (2017–2018)
• Jacques Grenier (2019–2021)