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List Of Village Municipalities In Quebec
This is the list of communities in Quebec that have the legal status of village municipalities (''village'', code=VL) as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy. This does not include Cree villages (code=VC), Naskapi villages (code=VK), or Northern villages (Inuit, code=VN), which have a separate legal status. List See also * Administrative divisions of Quebec * Municipal history of Quebec External links MAMROT Répertoire des municipalités {{Subdivisions of Quebec Village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ... Village municipalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandes-Piles, Quebec
Grandes-Piles is a village municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Geography Located in Radnor Township, this small village is located on a cliff at north of Grand-Mère, overlooking the Saint-Maurice River on the east bank. The village faces the village of Saint-Jean-des-Piles. Once annually ice bridge connecting the two villages were built from December to March. The northwestern part of the municipality faces the La Mauricie National Park, located on the west bank of the Saint-Maurice River. This town was the birthplace of the floating timber in Mauricie, which stopped in 1996 after 150 years. Grandes-Piles proved to be a historic landmark in the forestry industry. Since 1996, the reopening of the waterway free of floating logs, the Saint-Maurice River offers to boaters a large choice for water sports and a paradise for sailing. In winter, the frozen river and snowy cliffs and forest become a huge area for winter sports. Boating is gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality
Antoine-Labelle is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Mont-Laurier. It is named for Antoine Labelle. Subdivisions There are 28 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Mont-Laurier * Rivière-Rouge ;Municipalities (14) * Chute-Saint-Philippe * Ferme-Neuve * Kiamika * Lac-des-Écorces * Lac-du-Cerf * Lac-Saint-Paul * La Macaza * L'Ascension * Mont-Saint-Michel * Nominingue * Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain * Notre-Dame-du-Laus * Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles * Sainte-Anne-du-Lac ;Villages (1) * Lac-Saguay ;Unorganized Territory (11) * Baie-des-Chaloupes * Lac-Akonapwehikan * Lac-Bazinet * Lac-De La Bidière * Lac-de-la-Maison-de-Pierre * Lac-de-la-Pomme * Lac-Douaire * Lac-Ernest * Lac-Marguerite * Lac-Oscar * Lac-Wagwabika Demographics Population Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac-Saguay, Quebec
Lac-Saguay is a village municipality in Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its economy is centred on tourism, outdoor recreation, hunting, and fishing. The municipality is named after the adjacent Lake Saguay, which in turn comes from the Algonquin ''sagwa'', meaning "unblock" or "pour". An alternate explanation is that it comes from ''saki'', meaning "river mouth." History In 1905, the first settlers arrived when Gouin Road opened that connected Nominingue to Ferme-Neuve via Lac-Saguay. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Boyer-Partie-Ouest was formed out of previously unorganized area, named after Arthur Boyer. That same year, the Parish of Saint-Hugues-du-Lac-Saguay was founded. In 1921, the post office opened under the name Lac-Saguay. On July 1, 1951, Boyer-Partie-Ouest was dissolved and, together with more unorganized territory, reformed into the Township Municipality of Boyer. In 1963, it changed names and sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality
Beauce-Sartigan is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Georges. The Chaudière River flows through it. It shares its eastern border with Maine, United States. The name of the RCM is linked to the historical region of which it is part, Beauce. Sartigan is a distortion of ''Mechatigan'' (or ''Msakkikhan''), the name given to the Chaudière River by the native Abenakis. Subdivisions There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Saint-Georges ;Municipalities (9) * Saint-Benoît-Labre * Saint-Côme–Linière * Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce * Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth * Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce * Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley * Saint-Philibert * Saint-Simon-les-Mines * Saint-Théophile ;Parishes (4) * Notre-Dame-des-Pins * Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset * Saint-Martin * Saint-René ;Villages (2) * Lac-Poulin * La Guadeloupe Demographics Ethnicity Source: 2016 Census * 96.2% White * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac-Poulin, Quebec
Lac-Poulin is a village in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 171 as of 2021. Lac-Poulin is an enclave of Saint-Benoît-Labre. Lac-Poulin is named after the lake it surrounds (Poulin), which was named after the first settler Claude Poulin. The first settlers QUEBEC included Claude Poulin (1614-1687) a carpenter, born in St Maclou, Rouen, Normandie, France and his wife Jeanne Mercier (1621-1687)born in Luçon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France. Poulin itself is a common last name in the region. The village is mainly a summer vacation site. History Lac-Poulin was created in 1959 when it splitted away from Saint-Benoit-Labre. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
Le Val-Saint-François () is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Richmond. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) * Richmond * Valcourt * Windsor ;Municipalities (10) * Bonsecours * Maricourt * Racine * Saint-Claude * Saint-Denis-de-Brompton * Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton * Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle * Stoke * Ulverton * Val-Joli ;Townships (3) * Cleveland * Melbourne * Valcourt ;Villages (2) * Kingsbury * Lawrenceville Demographics Population Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: * Autoroutes ** * Principal Highways ** ** * Secondary Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsbury, Quebec
Kingsbury is a village municipality located in the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality of Quebec's Estrie region. It is completely surrounded by the township municipality of Melbourne. The village is known for the lake and forest trails that encircle it, and the views from the mountain tops. Kingsbury is also the hometown to 1993 world champion pair skater Isabelle Brasseur. History In its early history, a train track cut through the village, but now the villagers' houses stand in its place. Kingsbury is most famous for its slate quarry which was an important industry during the 19th century. Men were hired from Wales and Cornwall to come to work the quarry where first-class slate was mined. This slate was sent all over the world. The quarry can still be seen although the trains and tracks are long gone. Kingsbury was the first town to receive electricity. In the evenings the villagers would sit on their balconies and sing the old songs from their homelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality
Les Jardins-de-Napierville ''(English: The Gardens of Napierville)'' is a regional county municipality ''(French: Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC))'' in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Montérégie region. Founded on January 1, 1982. Its seat is Napierville. History The RCM was formed on January 1, 1982 by combining historic Napierville County with other municipalities. Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Saint-Rémi ;Municipalities (8) * Napierville * Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle * Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville * Saint-Édouard * Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur * Saint-Michel * Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington * Sainte-Clotilde ;Townships (1) * Hemmingford ;Villages (1) * Hemmingford Demographics Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: * Autoroutes ** * Principal Highways ** None * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemmingford, Quebec (village)
Hemmingford is a village municipality located in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality of southern Quebec. The population as of 2021 was 829. It was founded in 1878 by the division of the Township of Hemmingford creating two separate entities: the Township and the Village of Hemmingford. Both municipalities are locally referred to collectively as Hemmingford. The two share many things, such as the cost of the volunteer fire department and both hold their councils and offices in the same building in the village. The village of Hemmingford is surrounded by the Township of Hemmingford. The centre of the village is at the intersection of Route 219 and Route 202. The postal code for both the town and village of Hemmingford is J0L 1H0. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hemmingford had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Alma. In 2016, 99.3% reported that they spoke French most often at home, according to the census. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) * Alma * Desbiens * Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix ;Municipalities (9) * Hébertville * Labrecque * Lamarche * Saint-Bruno * Sainte-Monique * Saint-Gédéon * Saint-Henri-de-Taillon * Saint-Ludger-de-Milot * Saint-Nazaire ;Parishes (1) * L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur ;Villages (1) * Hébertville-Station ;Unorganized territory (4) * Belle-Rivière * Lac-Achouakan * Lac-Moncouche * Mont-Apica Demographics Population Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: ;Autoroutes * None ;Principal Highways * * * ;Secondary Highways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hébertville-Station, Quebec
Hébertville-Station is a village municipality in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hébertville-Station had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of village municipalities in Quebec This is the list of communities in Quebec that have the legal status of village municipalities (''village'', code=VL) as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy. This does not include Cree villages (code=VC), Na ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hebertville-Station, Quebec Villages in Quebec Incorporated places in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
