Hérouxville
Hérouxville, Mauricie, Quebec | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Mékinac |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Constituted | April 13, 1904 |
| Named for | Joseph-Euchariste Héroux[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bernard Thompson |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette |
| Area | |
• Total | 52.80 km2 (20.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,340 |
| • Density | 25.3/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| • Change (2006–11) |  8.5% |
| • Dwellings | 650 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
Hérouxville (the previous designation was "Saint-Timothée d'Hérouxville") is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada.[2] Its watershed is part of the Batiscanie.
The village was founded in 1897 by Father Joseph Euchariste Héroux and became the catholic parish of Saint Timothy as of September 15, 1903. While the civil foundation was recognized April 13, 1904.
A small rural farming town, its main economic activity is agriculture.
According to the revised development plan of the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, effective February 27, 2008, Hérouxville account: 104 chalets, 22 farms operating in 1685 hectares under cultivation, 13 shops / services and 3 industrial facilities.[4]
Geography
Hérouxville is directly on the route to Saint-Tite and the Festival western de Saint-Tite, in addition to being the northeast gateway to Mauricie, a region renowned for its lush forests and quaint villages.
The village is crossed by the Route 153 between the municipalities of Saint-Tite on the east and Shawinigan on southwest. Hérouxville is the gateway to the northeastern part of the Mauricie, a corner known for its forests and small towns. Farming village, this place also offers its visitors the Laurentian Forest, with its lakes and rivers.
The town centre is in the style of the seigneurial period: Rang Saint-Pierre, as Main Street, where the houses are never really distanced but deep soil. Its tallest building is the church Saint-Timothée.
The municipality of Hérouxville also extends around the northern part of "Lac à la Tortue", while the Municipality of Lac-à-la-Tortue, merged with the city of Shawinigan in 2001, administers the rest of the lake and surrounding area. The lake which is surrounded by cottages and residences, includes the first seaplane base in the history of Canada. Airmen arrived there in 1919, inaugurating the first commercial flight of Canadian history, immediately after the end of the World War II.
Despite its proximity to the Saint-Maurice River, the territory of Hérouxville is mainly part of the watershed of the River des Envies, a tributary of the Batiscan River. The "rivière à la tortue" (turtle river) which takes its source in Lac-à-la-Tortue, courses through the territories of Saint-Séverin and Hérouxville before emptying into the "Rivière des Envies"(carvings river) in Saint-Stanislas (Des Chenaux).
Demographics
Population trend:[5]
| Year | Population | Variation (%) |
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| 2011 | 1,340 | +8,5 %
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| 2006 | 1,235 |  -3,1 %
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| 2001 | 1,275 | -3,0 %
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| 1996 | 1,314 | +4,9 %
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| 1991 | 1,253 |
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 591 (total dwellings: 650)|[6]
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 1.2%
- French as first language: 98.8%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
Hérouxville received international attention in January 2007 when its town council passed a Code of conduct concerning practices of the residents.
See also
- List of communities in Quebec
- Mékinac Regional County Municipality
- Rivière des Envies
- Batiscan River
- Batiscanie, Quebec
Notes and references
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 133615". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c d Gouvernement du Québec (8 January 2011). "Répertoire des municipalités: Hérouxville" (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Hérouxville census profile
- ^ Revised development plan of the Mékinac RCM (Schéma d'aménagement révisé de la MRC de Mékinac), effective February 27, 2008, statistics on Hérouxville.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Données extraites des différents recensements de Statistique Canada et Institut de la statistique du Québec
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