Vallée-Jonction | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.3667°N -125°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | March 22, 1989 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Patricia Drouin |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Beauce |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Beauce-Nord |
Area Total Km2: | 25.90 |
Area Land Km2: | 25.32 |
Population Total: | 1864 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 73.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 0.6% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 862 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0S 3J0 |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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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 1,864 as of 2021.
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.
The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries: