| Valcourt | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 45.5°N -91°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Estrie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Le Val-Saint-François |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | October 19, 1929 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Laurian Gagné |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Shefford |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Richmond |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.50 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.03 |
| Elevation M: | 365 |
| Population Total: | 2349 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 467.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.0% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1106 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0E 2L0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Valcourt (in French pronounced as /valkuʁ/) is a town in Quebec in Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec.
The town is accessible via Quebec Route 222.
The town of Valcourt is enclaved by Valcourt (township).[4] The name of Valcourt makes reference to the origin of this township.
The origins of Valcourt go back to 1802, the year where the first inhabitants came to establish themselves in the township of Ely, named after the city in Great Britain. The first inhabitants were Loyalists, but by 1840 Canadiens began to arrive in the area. The first parish was created in 1856, and a civil entity in 1865 under the name of Township of Ely. The official name of Valcourt was not given until 1965, and took the name of the post office and the railroad station belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Many hypotheses exist as to the naming of Valcourt. The first is situated in the fact that a small valley in French would be a val court. The second is the deformation of a certain family name between 1849 and 1850 of Dalcourt. The last hypothesis is the existence of a village in the United States by the name of Valcour, situated just south of the border with Canada and the state of New York.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Valcourt had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 5.41km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
Mother tongue (2011)[3]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 2,215 | 96.5% | |
| English only | 45 | 2.00% | |
| English and French | 20 | 0.9% | |
| Non-official languages | 15 | 0.6% |
The inventor of the snowmobile, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, was born in Valcourt.[5]
The J. Armand Bombardier museum is situated on the territory of the municipality. The main theme of the museum is the interpretation of the history of the snowmobile industry and of its inventor, Joseph-Armand Bombardier.[7] The museum also houses three exhibition halls and a temporary exhibition hall.[7]