Vallée-Jonction, Quebec
| Vallée-Jonction | |
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| Municipality | |
 Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM. |
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 Vallée-Jonction
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| Coordinates: 46°22′N 70°55′W / 46.367°N 70.917°WCoordinates: 46°22′N 70°55′W / 46.367°N 70.917°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | La Nouvelle-Beauce |
| Constituted | March 22, 1989 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Réal Bisson |
| • 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 (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,940 |
| • Density | 76.6/km2 (198/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 3.9% |
| • Dwellings | 851 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0S 3J0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-73
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 Route 112 Route 173
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| Website | www 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 1,895 as of 2009.
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.
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