Val-Alain is a municipality in the
Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in
Quebec,
Canada. It is part of the
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...
region and the population is 930 as of 2009. It is named after Alain Chartier Joly de Lotbinière, grandson of
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, (December 5, 1829 – November 16, 1908) lawyer, businessman and politician served as the fourth premier of Quebec, a federal Cabinet minister, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
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, former
premier of Quebec. "Monsieur Alain," as he was known, headed the Lotbinière ''
seigneurie In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.
'' Nulle terr ...
'' from 1911 to 1954.
References
Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
External links
Val-Alain
municipal website
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality