Lac-des-Aigles () is a city in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. The population is 571. Its economy is mainly based on agriculture and forestry. It is located southeast of Rimouski, near Esprit-Saint. It was created on July 31, 2024 by the merger of the municipalities of Lac-des-Aigles and Saint-Guy.
History Settlement of the area began in 1931 with the arrival of land-clearers from Saint-Clément, Saint-Hubert, Bégon and Hocquart, who were short of space. The municipality of Lac-des-Aigles was officially created in 1948. On July 31, 2024, the municipalities of Saint-Guy and Lac-des-Aigles merged to form the town of Lac-des-Aigles.
Geography Climate
Demographics Population
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lac-des-Aigles, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 490 3.0% 99.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 100.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 505 6.5% 98.1% 0 100.0% 0.0% 5 n/a% 1.0% 0 100.0% 0.0% 540 9.2% 98.2% 5 50.0% 0.9% 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 50.0% 0.9% 595 7.8% 97.5% 10 n/a% 1.6% 0 0.0% 0.0% 10 n/a% 1.6% 645 0.8% 98.5% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% 640 n/a 100.0% 0 n/a 0.0% 0 n/a 0.0% 0 n/a 0.0%
Government Lac-des-Aigles forms part of the federal electoral district of Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques and has been represented by Maxime Blanchette-Joncas of the Bloc Québécois since 2019. Provincially, Lac-des-Aigles is part of the Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata–Les Basques electoral district and is represented by Amélie Dionne of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2022.
See also List of cities in Quebec
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