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
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

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