Lac-aux-Sables
Lac-aux-Sables is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (MRC de Mékinac), in administrative district of the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its population centres are Lac-aux-Sables and Hervey-Jonction.
Lac-aux-Sables | |
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Main street of Lac-aux-Sables village in August 2013 | |
Location within Mékinac RCM. | |
Lac-aux-Sables Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°52′N 72°24′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Mékinac |
| Constituted | 24 April 1899 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yvan Hamelin |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 286.20 km2 (110.50 sq mi) |
| • Land | 270.48 km2 (104.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,373 |
| • Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 | 4.6% |
| • Dwellings | 1,068 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0X 1M0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-153 R-363 |
| Website | www.lac-aux -sables.qc.ca |
Since its origins, the sector Hervey-Jonction with 300 inhabitants, is linked to the history of Lac-aux-Sables. Sector Hervey-Jonction is an area dotted with adventure vacation cottages, rivers, lakes and wild forests. On the religious aspect, the Catholic parish St. Leopold d'Hervey-Jonction serves the local population. On the civilian side, the sector is integrated into the municipality of Lac-aux-Sables.
Hervey-Jonction is the location of the Hervey-Jonction Station that is used today as a switching point for two passenger Via Rail trains (Abitibi and Saguenay). Hervey-Jonction railway station was built in 1905 and is now the junction of trains from Montreal to Quebec City, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Haut-Saint-Maurice (upper Saint-Maurice region) and Abitibi.