Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec
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| Municipality | |
The Emery Mill on the Bayonne River
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 Location within Matawinie RCM. |
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 Saint-Félix-de-Valois
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| Coordinates: 46°10′N 73°26′W / 46.167°N 73.433°WCoordinates: 46°10′N 73°26′W / 46.167°N 73.433°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | Matawinie |
| Settled | c. 1830 |
| Constituted | December 24, 1997 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Martin Desroches |
| • Federal riding | Joliette |
| • Prov. riding | Berthier |
| Area | |
| • Total | 89.80 km2 (34.67 sq mi) |
| • Land | 87.87 km2 (33.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 6,029 |
| • Density | 68.6/km2 (178/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 4.8% |
| • Dwellings | 2,749 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0K 2M0 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |
 Route 131 Route 348
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| Website | www -de-valois |
Saint-Félix-de-Valois is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.
Quebec author Réjean Ducharme, recipient of several Governor General's Awards, was born in Saint-Félix-de-Valois in 1942.
Historically it was part of the Berthier Seignory. Circa 1830, a small group of pioneers from England, Scotland, and Ireland started to colonize the place. In 1840, the Mission of Saint-Félix-de-Valois was formed and soon after in 1844 it became a parish when it separated from the Sainte-Élisabeth Parish. It was named after Felix of Valois.
In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Félix-de-Valois was first established, but abolished two years later. In 1851, its post office opened. In 1855, the parish municipality was reestablished.
In 1926, the main village, also known as Saint-Félix-de-Valois, was incorporated as a separate Village Municipality. On December 24, 1997, the parish municipality and the village municipality were reunited into the new Municipality of Saint-Félix-de-Valois.
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 2548 (total dwellings: 2749)
Mother tongue:
Commission scolaire des Samares is the French school board.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board serves as the English school board.
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