Val-des-Lacs, Quebec

Val-des-Lacs
Municipality
Motto: Au coeur de la nature (In the heart of nature)
Location within Les Laurentides RCM
Val-des-Lacs Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°11′N 74°21′W / 46.183°N 74.350°WCoordinates: 46°11′N 74°21′W / 46.183°N 74.350°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Les Laurentides
Constituted	February 6, 1932
Government[2]
• Mayor	Berthe Bélanger
• Federal riding	Laurentides—Labelle
• Prov. riding	Bertrand
Area[2][3]
• Total	131.60 km^2 (50.81 sq mi)
• Land	125.44 km^2 (48.43 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	721
• Density	5.7/km^2 (15/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	7.3%
• Dwellings	805
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0T 2P0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	No major routes
Website	www.municipalite. val-des-lacs.qc.ca

Val-des-Lacs (meaning "Valley of Lakes") is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality.

Demographics

Population trend:^[4]

• Population in 2011: 721 (2006 to 2011 population change: -7.3 %)
• Population in 2006: 778
• Population in 2001: 685
• Population in 1996: 627
• Population in 1991: 495

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 349 (total dwellings: 805)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 9%
• French as first language: 89.7%
• English and French as first language: 0%
• Other as first language: 1.3%

Val-des-Lacs municipal hall

References

1. Reference number 64781 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 78100 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Val-des-Lacs census profile
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links

• Media related to Val-des-Lacs at Wikimedia Commons