Val-Alain, Quebec

Val-Alain is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 930 as of 2009. It is named after Alain Chartier Joly de Lotbinière, grandson of Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, former premier of Quebec. "Monsieur Alain," as he was known, headed the Lotbinière seigneurie from 1911 to 1954.

Val-Alain
Municipality
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Val-Alain
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°25′N 71°45′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1950
Government
 • MayorRénald Grondin
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total102.90 km2 (39.73 sq mi)
 • Land102.32 km2 (39.51 sq mi)
Population
 • Total955
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 6.0%
 • Dwellings
446
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 3H0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Websitewww.val-alain.com

References
  1. Reference number 64756 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 33070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2433070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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