Fermont

For the coaster, see MV Fermont.

Fermont
City
Ville de Fermont
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Faire front, faire face
Fermont Location in Côte-Nord Region of Quebec
Coordinates: 52°47′N 67°05′W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Caniapiscau
Settled	1971
Constituted	October 15, 1974
Government
• Mayor	Martin St-Laurent
• Federal riding	Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan
• Prov. riding	Duplessis
Area
• Total	503.06 km2 (194.23 sq mi)
• Land	451.12 km2 (174.18 sq mi)
• Urban	1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Elevation	610 m (2,000 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,256
• Density	5/km2 (13/sq mi)
• Urban	2,151
• Urban density	1,484/km2 (3,840/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	8.8%
• Dwellings	1,538
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0G 1J0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-389
Website	www.villedefermont.qc.ca

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Fermont (/ˈfɛərmɒnt/; French pronunciation: [fɛʁmɔ̃]) is a mining city in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada, near the Quebec-Labrador border about 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Labrador City on Route 389, which connects to the Trans-Labrador Highway (Newfoundland and Labrador Route 500). It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Caniapiscau.

The city is located about 565 km (351 mi) from Baie-Comeau, about 867 km (539 mi) from Saguenay, and about 1,000 km (621 mi) from Quebec City.

Fermont (French contraction of "Fer Mont", meaning "Iron Mountain") was founded as a company town in the early 1970s to exploit rich iron ore deposits from Mont Wright, which is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the west.

The town is notable for the huge self-contained structure containing apartments, stores, schools, bars, a hotel, restaurants, a supermarket and swimming pool; the large building shelters a community of smaller apartment buildings and homes on its leeward side. Popularly known as The Wall (Le Mur), the structure was designed to be a windscreen to the rest of the town. It permits residents (other than mine workers) to never leave the building during the long winter, which usually lasts about seven months. The town, designed by Maurice Desnoyers and Norbert Schoenauer, was inspired by similar projects in Sweden designed by Ralph Erskine, notably that of Svappavaara, an iron mining town in Sweden. The building measures 1.3 kilometres (4,300 ft) long and stands 15 metres (49 ft) high.