Vallée-Jonction, Quebec

Vallée-Jonction
Municipality

Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM.
Vallée-Jonction

Location in southern Quebec.

Coordinates: 46°22′N 70°55′W / 46.367°N 70.917°W / 46.367; -70.917Coordinates: 46°22′N 70°55′W / 46.367°N 70.917°W / 46.367; -70.917[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM La Nouvelle-Beauce
Constituted March 22, 1989
Government[2]
 • Mayor Réal Bisson
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Nord
Area[2][3]
 • Total 25.90 km2 (10.00 sq mi)
 • Land 25.32 km2 (9.78 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,940
 • Density 76.6/km2 (198/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 3.9%
 • Dwellings 851
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0S 3J0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways
A-73
Route 112
Route 173
Website www.vallee
jonction.qc.ca

Vallée-Jonction is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,895 as of 2009.

In 1881, the Lévis and Kennebec Railway opened a train station between Sainte-Marie and Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce named Beauce-Jonction. When the Quebec Central Railway bought it in 1882, Beauce-Jonction became one of the most important train stations on the Lévis-Sherbrooke line.

In 1900, the parish of L'Enfant-Jésus was constituted and part of its territory was detached in 1924 to form a village of the same name, but known locally as Beauce-Junction, after the post office opened in 1883. The village changed its name to Vallée-Jonction in 1949. L'Enfant-Jésus and Vallée-Jonction amalgamated in 1989 to form the current municipality.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 224194 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 26015 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2426015) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.


 Sainte-Marie Saints-Anges
  Vallée-Jonction  
Saint-Séverin, Saint-Frédéric Saint-Joseph-des-Érables Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce


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