Val-des-Monts
Sign in to saveVal-des-Monts () is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, located about north of Ottawa, Ontario. It has a population of 13,328 residents in 2021. Formed in 1975 by the merger of the towns of Perkins, Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield and Poltimore, it consists mainly of farms and mountainous forests. Many of its residents commute to Ottawa or Gatineau for work. Due to its numerous lakes, its population is boosted during summers by people living in cottages. Most of the people in Val-des-Monts live in the village of Perkins.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Val-des-Monts is referenced by 57 other articles, and connects out to Canada 2021 Census, English language and French.
The entry is geolocated on the map in QC, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Incorporated places in Outaouais, Municipalities in Quebec and National Capital Region (Canada).
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- Val-des-Monts
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- Municipality
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- Rural neighborhood in Val-des-Monts
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- Location within Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM
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- Canada Western Quebec
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- Location in western Quebec
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- Canada
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- Province
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- Quebec
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- Region
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- Outaouais
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- RCM
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- Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
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- Constituted
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Val-des-Monts
- Demonym
- Montvaloise
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
- Population
- 14037
- Area
- 480.77
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Val-des-Bois
- Official website
- www.val-des-monts.net
- Image
- Val des Monts QC.JPG
- Households
- 6418
- Significant event
- earthquake
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- Commons category
- Val-des-Monts
- inception
- 1975-01-01
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- external georeferencing URL
- carto.mrcdescollines.com/SIG_public_82015
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Toponymy
- Geography
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- Demographics
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Val-des-Monts () is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, located about north of Ottawa, Ontario. It has a population of 13,328 residents in 2021. Formed in 1975 by the merger of the towns of Perkins, Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield and Poltimore, it consists mainly of farms and mountainous forests. Many of its residents commute to Ottawa or Gatineau for work. Due to its numerous lakes, its population is boosted during summers by people living in cottages. Most of the people in Val-des-Monts live in the village of Perkins.
==Toponymy== The name of Val-des-Monts is from the French words Val which means "small valley" and Monts which means "mounts". This name is a reference to the fact that the territory of the municipality includes several valleys and mountains.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Val-des-Monts” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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