Val-Joli
Val-Joli | |
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Municipality | |
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 Location within Le Val-Saint-François RCM | |
  Val-Joli Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45.6°N 71.97°W[1] | |
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| Province |  |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Val-Saint-François |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Laurent Tremblay |
| • Federal riding | Richmond—Arthabaska |
| • Prov. riding | Richmond |
| Area | |
| • Total | 92.20 km2 (35.60 sq mi) |
| • Land | 91.24 km2 (35.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,501 |
| • Density | 16.5/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  |
| • Dwellings | 641 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | J1S 0E8 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |   |
| Website | www |
Val-Joli is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.
Demographics
Population
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Language
Mother tongue (2011)[3]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 1,440 | 95.7% |
| English only | 50 | 3.3% |
| English and French | 10 | 0.7% |
| Non-official languages | 5 | 0.3% |
Notable residents
- Christian Savoie, (born 1976 in Val-Joli), winner of Canada's Strongest Man and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.
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gollark: I mean, I'd happily support anarchists being allowed to test how well things work for a self-selected group on some mostly unused land.
gollark: Anyway, thing is, people are probably *not* on the whole nice and well-meaning and selfless.
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gollark: Just assume everyone is nice and well-meaning and they won't run into conflict?
See also
References
- Reference number 255707 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 42095 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2442095) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
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