Vallée-Jonction
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.
Vallée-Jonction | |
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L'Enfant-Jésus church and presbytery. | |
Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM. | |
Vallée-Jonction Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°22′N 70°55′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
| Constituted | March 22, 1989 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Patricia Drouin |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.90 km2 (10.00 sq mi) |
| • Land | 25.32 km2 (9.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,864 |
| • Density | 73.1/km2 (189/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 0.6% |
| • Dwellings | 862 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways A-73 | R-112 R-173 |
| Website | www.vallee jonction.qc.ca |
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.