22-745: Val-des-Sources ( French pronunciation: [val.de.suʁs] ), meaning "Valley of the Springs", formerly known as Asbestos ( pronounced [asbɛstɔs] ), is a town on the Nicolet River in the Estrie ( Eastern Townships ) region of southeastern Quebec , Canada. The town is the seat of Les Sources Regional County Municipality , formerly known as the Asbestos Regional County Municipality. The town covers an area of 30.25 square kilometres (11.5 sq mi), including land acquired due to
44-477: A few minor differences from that of ville . However it is moot since there are no longer any cities in existence. Dorval and Côte Saint-Luc had the status of city when they were amalgamated into Montreal on January 1, 2002 as part of the municipal reorganization in Quebec ; however, when re-constituted as independent municipalities on January 1, 2006, it was with the status of town ( French : ville ) (although
66-452: A land area of 30.25 km (11.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 234.3/km (606.9/sq mi) in 2021. Religion (2001) In terms of mother tongue , the 2016 census found that, including multiple responses, almost 98% of residents spoke French , and about 2% of residents spoke English . The next most commonly reported first languages learned were Spanish , Arabic and German . Town (Quebec) The following
88-622: A member of the Coalition Avenir Québec . She was re-elected in 2022 election following the landslide victory of Coalition Avenir Quebec. She was named Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing in the François Legault Government of the 42nd legislature of Quebec . In the 43rd legislature of Quebec, she was named Minister of Municipal Affairs. This article about a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
110-466: A new modern town hall whose main hallway was adorned with a mural by the artist Denis Juneau , as well as some ceramic pieces in the church by famed ceramist Claude Vermette . In 2000 the Magnola magnesium refinery began operation. The project was the brainchild of Noranda Inc , to repurpose waste asbestos tailings a proprietary electrolytic process. By 2011 it had been shuttered. In late 2011, one of
132-414: A seat as a councillor but he was unseated in 2021 when Isabelle Forcier won his councillor seat with 60% of the votes. Current Government Mayor: Hugues Grimard Councillors: In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Val-des-Sources had a population of 7,088 living in 3,460 of its 3,691 total private dwellings, a change of 4.5% from its 2016 population of 6,786 . With
154-889: Is a list of the types of local and supralocal territorial units in Quebec , Canada, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and compiled by the Institut de la statistique du Québec Not included are the urban agglomerations in Quebec , which, although they group together multiple municipalities, exercise only what are ordinarily local municipal powers. A list of local municipal units in Quebec by regional county municipality can be found at List of municipalities in Quebec . All municipalities (except cities), whether township, village, parish, or unspecified ones, are functionally and legally identical. The only difference
176-527: Is also a different kind of submunicipal unit, unconstituted localities , which is defined and tracked not by the Quebec Ministry of Municipal Affairs but by Statistics Canada . Andr%C3%A9e Laforest Andrée Laforest MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election . She represents the electoral district of Chicoutimi as
198-449: Is that the designation might serve to disambiguate between otherwise identically named municipalities, often neighbouring ones. Many such cases have had their names changed, or merged with the identically named nearby municipality since the 1950s, such as the former Township of Granby and City of Granby merging and becoming the Town of Granby in 2007. Municipalities are governed primarily by
220-565: The Code municipal du Québec (Municipal Code of Québec, R.S.Q. c. C-27.1), whereas cities and towns are governed by the Loi sur les cités et villes (Cities and Towns Act, R.S.Q. c. C-19) as well as (in the case of the older ones) various individual charters. The very largest communities in Quebec are colloquially called cities; however there are currently no municipalities under the province's current legal system classified as cities. Quebec's government uses
242-425: The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing before it takes effect, which occurred on December 17, 2020. For most purposes the name change took immediate effect, although the town's rebranding of its own billboards was not expected to take place until January 2021, and Canada Post required until April 19, 2021 to complete the necessary changes in its postal addressing system. Some residents who remained opposed to
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#1732872926593264-820: The Trois Lacs resort, the golf club or the cycle path. Also, the Festival des Gourmands is the main festive event in the city. Music is a big part of the city thanks to the Harmonie d'Asbestos, an institution long recognized throughout the region during the years 1945-60 and the Camp musical d'Asbestos, which welcomes young musicians from all over Quebec. The two most important roads entering Val-des-Sources are Road 249 , connecting Val-des Sources to Magog , via Sherbrooke and Road 255 connecting Baie-du-Febvre to Bury while passing through Val-des-Sources and Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover . In
286-429: The 2021 municipal elections, Hugues Grimard was reelected unopposed as mayor of Val-des-Sources. Grimard was initially elected in 2009, defeating the incumbent mayor Jean-Philippe Bachand with 52% of the votes. Bachand tried unsuccessfully to unseat Grimard and regain his former seat in the 2013 election but Grimard was re-elected with 60% of the votes. In the 2017 elections, Bachand finally return to city council by winning
308-548: The English term town as the translation for the French term ville , and township for canton . The least-populated towns in Quebec ( Barkmere , with a population of about 60, or L'Île-Dorval , with less than 10) are much smaller than the most populous municipalities of other types ( Saint-Charles-Borromée and Sainte-Sophie , each with populations of over 13,300). The title city ( French : cité code=C) still legally exists, with
330-537: The Val-des-Sources as the new name. The change came into effect on December 15, 2020. The town was the site of the 1949 Asbestos strike . The town is near to the site of the Jeffrey mine, which used to be the world's largest asbestos mine, which was once the town's largest employer. During the 1960s the town was thriving and could afford to expand and invest in its infrastructure and municipal architecture. It built
352-639: The last two remaining asbestos mines in Canada, the Jeffrey mine, halted operations. In June 2012, a $ 58-million loan was promised by the Quebec government to restart and operate the Jeffrey mine for the next 20 years. In September 2012, before the loan funds were delivered, the Parti Québécois defeated the Quebec Liberal Party in the Quebec provincial election . The Parti Québécois followed through with an election promise to halt asbestos mining and to cancel
374-488: The loan, and put funding toward economic diversification in the area. At various times since the decline of asbestos mining, residents and politicians in the area have proposed changing the town's name due to its negative connotations; however, past proposals often failed, with people involved in the debate noting that because the town is predominantly francophone and the mineral is referred to as amiante rather than asbestos in French, its residents do not typically associate
396-685: The merger of the City of Asbestos with the Municipality of Trois-Lacs on December 8, 1999. At the 2021 census , 7,088 people resided in the town. It is situated in the centre of a square formed by the cities of Drummondville , Sherbrooke and Victoriaville , and the Nicolet River to the north. Due to the negative connotations of the name Asbestos, discussions took place around whether the town should be renamed. A municipal referendum held in October 2020 selected
418-456: The municipal government of Dorval still uses the name Cité de Dorval). Prior to January 1, 1995, the code for municipalité was not M but rather SD ( sans désignation ; that is, unqualified municipality). Prior to 2004, there was a single code, TR, to cover the modern-day TC and TK. When the distinction between TC and TK was introduced, it was made retroactive to 1984, date of the federal Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act (S.C. 1984, c. 18). There
440-560: The name change organized a petition drive calling on the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to deny its approval, on the grounds that not enough of the town's residents participated in the referendum, and that the referendum did not include any option to express a preference for maintaining the existing name. Minister Andrée Laforest rejected the petition and approved the name change, which came into effect on December 15, 2020. Close to downtown Val-des-Sources, outdoor enthusiasts can take advantage of
462-461: The town's name with the stigma around the mineral. A name change plan was approved by the municipal council in November 2019, with the new name chosen by a public poll. On September 14, 2020, the mayor announced that residents would be able to vote to rename the town to either Apalone, Jeffrey, Phénix or Trois-Lacs. The choices were not well received, and more names were added to the list. The referendum
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#1732872926593484-487: Was held in October to allow the townspeople to choose from among six names: L'Azur-des-Cantons, Jeffrey-sur-le-Lac, Larochelle, Trois-Lacs, Val-des-Sources, or Phénix. The referendum results were announced on October 19, 2020. 51.5% of voters chose the name Val-des-Sources in the third round of a preferential ballot. In Quebec, a municipal name change must be proposed to the Commission de toponymie du Québec and then approved by
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