Vallée-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.

The station, in 1945.
Vallée-Jonction
L'Enfant-Jésus church and presbytery.
Location within La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM.
Vallée-Jonction
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°22′N 70°55′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLa Nouvelle-Beauce
ConstitutedMarch 22, 1989
Government
  MayorRéal Bisson
  Federal ridingBeauce
  Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
  Total25.90 km2 (10.00 sq mi)
  Land25.32 km2 (9.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
  Total1,940
  Density76.6/km2 (198/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
3.9%
  Dwellings
851
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 3J0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-73

Route 112
Route 173
Websitewww.vallee
jonction.qc.ca

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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