Hérouxville
Hérouxville (formerly called 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. Its watershed is mainly part of the Batiscanie.
Hérouxville | |
|---|---|
Turtle River, South St-Pierre row | |
Location within Mékinac RCM | |
Hérouxville Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′N 72°37′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Mékinac |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Constituted | April 13, 1904 |
| Named for | Joseph-Euchariste Héroux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bernard Thompson |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.03 km2 (20.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,340 |
| • Density | 25.3/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 | 8.5% |
| • Dwellings | 650 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0X 1J0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-153 |
| Website | www.municipalite .herouxville.qc.ca |
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.
Hérouxville is small rural farming parish. Its main economic activity is agriculture; forestry and recreational tourism are part of the local economy. Hérouxville also offers its visitors throughout the year the facilities and services of:
- Camp Val Notre-Dame, a family vacation and reunion camp,
- Domaine Tavibois, a rest and healing center.
According to the revised development plan of the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, effective February 27, 2008, Hérouxville had 104 chalets, 22 farms operating in 1685 hectares under cultivation, 13 shops/services and 3 industrial facilities.
Since 2007 the name of Hérouxville has been known in the lexicon of Quebec as shorthand for intolerance, after the town's councillors instituted a "code of conduct" for an immigrant population which did not exist, in a move which was widely perceived as xenophobic and racist.