Lac-aux-Sables

Lac-aux-Sables
Parish municipality
Main street of Lac-aux-Sables village in August 2013
Location within Mékinac RCM.
Lac-aux-Sables Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°52′N 72°24′W / 46.867°N 72.400°W / 46.867; -72.400[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Mauricie
RCM	Mékinac
Constituted	24 April 1899
Government [2]
• Mayor	Yvan Hamelin
• Federal riding	Saint-Maurice—Champlain
• Prov. riding	Laviolette
Area [2][3]
• Total	286.20 km2 (110.50 sq mi)
• Land	270.48 km2 (104.43 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,373
• Density	5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.6%
• Dwellings	1,068
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0X 1M0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-153 R-363
Website	www.lac-aux -sables.qc.ca

Lac-aux-Sables is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (MRC de Mékinac), in administrative district of the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its population centres are Lac-aux-Sables and Hervey-Jonction.

Since its origins, the sector Hervey-Jonction with 300 inhabitants, is linked to the history of Lac-aux-Sables. Sector Hervey-Jonction is an area dotted with adventure vacation cottages, rivers, lakes and wild forests. On the religious aspect, the Catholic parish St. Leopold d'Hervey-Jonction serves the local population. On the civilian side, the sector is integrated into the municipality of Lac-aux-Sables.

Hervey-Jonction is the location of the Hervey-Jonction Station that is used today as a switching point for two passenger Via Rail trains (Abitibi and Saguenay). Hervey-Jonction railway station was built in 1905 and is now the junction of trains from Montreal to Quebec City, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Haut-Saint-Maurice (upper Saint-Maurice region) and Abitibi.