Hérouxville
| Hérouxville | |
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| Parish municipality | |
 Location within Mékinac RCM. |
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 Hérouxville
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| Coordinates: 46°40′N 72°37′W / 46.667°N 72.617°WCoordinates: 46°40′N 72°37′W / 46.667°N 72.617°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| 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 | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0X 1J0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 153
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| 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. Its watershed is mainly part of the Batiscanie.
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.
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.
The village is crossed by Route 153 between the municipalities of Saint-Tite on the east and Shawinigan on the southwest. Hérouxville is 9.6 km from the center of Saint-Tite and 13.3 km from Grand-Mère.
Hérouxville is the gateway to the northeastern part of the Mauricie, a corner known for its forests and small towns. A farming village, this place 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 extends around the northern part of Lac-à-la-Tortue, while the municipality of Lac-à-la-Tortue administered the rest of the lake and surrounding area. In 2001, the municipality of Lac-à-la-Tortue merged with the city of Shawinigan.
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