Acton Vale is an industrial

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in south central

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, Canada. It is the seat of the

Acton Regional County Municipality Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale. Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities contai ...

and is in the

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administrative region. Its population in the

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was 7,605. The town covers an area of 90.96 km (35 sq. mi.). By road, Acton Vale is 100 km (60 mi.) from the province's largest city,

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, and 190 km (120 mi.) from the province's capital,

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. It is also 100 km (60 mi.) from the border with the

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History

While the Township of Acton was proclaimed in 1806, the area was opened up for settlement only in 1850 by the construction of the railroad. Incorporated in 1861, the town was named for Acton, a suburb of

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, England. The name means "oak town". The town was once a centre for copper mining. Between 1860 and 1875, the Acton copper mine was one of the most important copper mines in the world, but the deposits were quickly depleted. On January 26, 2000, the parish municipality of Saint-André-d'Acton was merged into the Town of Acton Vale.

Communities

Beside Acton Vale is Lavoie, a community in the south of the municipality, accessible by Highway 139.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Acton Vale 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.

Government

The mayor is

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List of former mayors

* Éric Charbonneau (2009 - ) * Juliette Dupuis (2005 - 2009) * Maurice Coutu (2001-2005) * Anatole Bergeron (1993-2001) * Gaston Gigère (????-1993) * Roger Labrèque (1974-1986) * Henri Boisvert (1966-1974) * J.Edmour Gagnon (1963-1966) * Lucien Désautels (1962-1963) * Roger Labrèque (1948-1962) * J.W. Cantin (1942-1948) * J. Antonio Leclerc (1940-1942) * Dr Philippe Adam (1934-1940) * Ernest Boisvert (1932-1933) * Auray Fontaine (1928-1932) * Ernest Boisvert (1926-1928) * Auray Fontaine (1924-1926) * Dr. Léon Gauthier (1922-1924) * J.E. Marcile (1918-1922) * Dr. F.H. Daigneault (1916-1918) * Charles Viens (1915-1916) * David Lemay (1914-1915) * Dr. F.H. Daigneault (1905-1914) * Pierre Guertin (1902-1905) * Georges Deslandes (1901-1902) * J.E. Marcile (1900-1901) * Milton McDonald (1897-1900) * Auguste Dalpé (1896-1897) * Alfred Saint-Amour (1895-1896) * Pierre Guertin (1893-1895) * Alfred Saint-Amour (1891-1893) * Charles Roscony (1881-1891) * N.H Dubois (1880-1881) * Charles Roscony (1872-1880) * Jérémie Morrier (1870-1872) * J.A. Cushing (1868-1870) * Charles F. McCallum (1866-1868) * Jérémie Morrier (1864-1866) * A.H. Dubrule (1863-1864) * J.A. Cushing (1861-1863)

Media

''La Pensée de Bagot''La Pensée de Bagot
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Notable people

* Kevin Asselin, born 1985, professional ice hockey player

References

External links

Acton Vale Official Web Site
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Acton Regional County Municipality 1862 establishments in Canada