Vallée-Jonction

Vallée-Jonction
Municipality
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Constitution	1989
Government
• Mayor	Lise Cloutier
• MPs	Maxime Bernier
• MNAs	Janvier Grondin
Area
• Total	24.41 km2 (9.4 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	1,895
• Density	77.6/km2 (202/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code	G0S 3J0
Area code	418

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 opens a train station between Sainte-Marie and Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce named Beauce-Jonction. When the Quebec Central Railway buys it in 1882, Beauce-Jonction becomes one of the most important train stations on the Lévis-Sherbrooke line.

In 1900, the parish of L'Enfant-Jésus is constituted and part of its territory will be 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 changes its name to Vallée-Jonction in 1949. L'Enfant-Jésus and Vallée-Jonction amalgamate in 1989 to form the actual municipality.

References

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire