Alma

Alma is a town in , in the Canadian province of . Alma has about 29,500 residents.
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  • Type: City with 29,500 residents
  • Description: city in Quebec, Canada
  • Also known as: Alma, QC” and “Alma, Quebec

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Joseph and Centrale de L’Isle-Maligne.

Church

Industrial building
is an industrial building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Bruno.

Village
is a former municipality in , located within the regional county municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est. In 2026, the municipality was merged with . The municipality had a population of 2,636 as of the Canada 2011 Census. is situated 9 km south of Alma.

Alma

Latitude
48.54889° or 48° 32′ 56″ north
Longitude
-71.65146° or 71° 39′ 5″ west
Population
29,500
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
IATA airport code
YTF
United Nations Location Code
CA YTF
Open location code
87WCG8XX+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245088097
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5884083
Wiki­data ID
Q141973
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Alma” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Alma
  • Albanian: Alma
  • Arabic: ألما، كيبك
  • Arabic: ألما
  • Atikamekw: Alma
  • Basque: Alma
  • Belarusian: Альма
  • Catalan: Alma
  • Cebuano: Alma
  • Chinese: 阿尔玛镇
  • Chinese: 阿尔马
  • Chinese: 阿爾瑪鎮
  • Dimli (individual language): Alma, Quebec
  • Dimli (individual language): Alma
  • Dutch: Alma
  • Esperanto: Alma
  • Estonian: Alma
  • French: Alma
  • French: Saint-Joseph-d’Alma
  • German: Alma
  • Greek: Αλμά
  • Greek: Σαιν-Ζοζέφ-ντ’Αλμά
  • Italian: Alma
  • Japanese: アルマ
  • Kurdish: Alma, Quebec
  • Latin: Alma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Alma
  • Persian: آلما، کبک
  • Polish: Alma
  • Portuguese: Alma
  • Russian: Алма
  • Russian: Альма
  • Serbian: Alma
  • Serbian: Алма
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alma
  • Slovenian: Alma
  • Spanish: Alma (Québec)
  • Spanish: Alma
  • Swedish: Alma, Québec
  • Swedish: Alma
  • Turkish: Alma, Quebec
  • Turkish: Alma
  • Ukrainian: Альма
  • Volapük: Alma
  • Western Panjabi: آلما

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bibliothèque and La Plaza d’Alma.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alma”. Photo: Ville d’Alma, CC BY-SA 3.0.