Chazel

Chazel
Municipality
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Chazel Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°52′N 79°03′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Abitibi-Ouest
Settled	1917
Constituted	February 19, 1938
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Favreau
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Ouest
Area
• Total	140.14 km2 (54.11 sq mi)
• Land	133.55 km2 (51.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	254
• Density	1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	12.1%
• Dwellings	131
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 1N0
Area code	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	chazel.ao.ca

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Chazel (French pronunciation: [ʃazɛl]) 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.