Editing Val-des-Sources (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
 | name                     = Val-des-Sources
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 | settlement_type          = [[Types of municipalities in Quebec|Town]]
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 | image_blank_emblem       = Logo of Val-des-Sources, Quebec.svg
 | blank_emblem_type        = Logo
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 | nickname                 = 
 | motto                    = ''Non deserit alta''
 | image_map                = Asbestos Quebec location diagram.png
 | map_caption              = Location within Les Sources RCM.
 | pushpin_map              = Canada Southern Quebec
 | pushpin_label_position   = left
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 | pushpin_map_caption      = Location in southern Quebec
 | coordinates              = {{coord|45|46|N|71|56|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
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 | subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
 | subdivision_name1        = {{QC}}
 | subdivision_type2        = [[Region (Quebec)|Region]]
 | subdivision_name2        = [[Estrie]]
 | subdivision_type3        = [[Regional county municipality|RCM]]
 | subdivision_name3        = [[Les Sources Regional County Municipality|Les Sources]]
 | established_title        = Constituted
 | established_date         = December 8, 1999
 | established_title1       = Name change<ref name=namechange/>
 | established_date1        = December 15, 2020
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 | leader_title             = Mayor
 | leader_name              = Hugues Grimard
 | leader_title1            = [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Federal riding]]
 | leader_name1             = [[Richmond—Arthabaska]]
 | leader_title2            = [[List of Quebec provincial electoral districts|Prov. riding]]
 | leader_name2             = [[Richmond (Quebec provincial electoral district)|Richmond]]
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 | area_total_km2           = 31.70
 | area_land_km2            = 30.25
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 | population_footnotes     = <ref name="cp2021Asbestos"/>
 | population_total         = 7088
 | population_as_of         = 2021
 | population_density_km2   = 234.3
 | population_urban         = 5623
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 | timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
 | utc_offset               = −5
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 | utc_offset_DST           = −4
 | postal_code_type         = [[Canadian postal code|Postal code(s)]]
 | postal_code              = [[List of J postal codes of Canada|J1T]]
 | area_code                = [[Area code 819|819]]
 | blank_name               = Highways
 | blank_info               = {{jct|state=QC|QC|249}} <br /> {{jct|state=QC|QC|255}}
 | website                  = {{URL|https://valdessources.ca/}}
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}}
[[File:Asbestos, Quebec, Canada.jpg|thumb|Canada's biggest power shovel loading an [[ore train]] with asbestos at the Jeffrey Mine, Johns-Manville Co., Asbestos, Quebec, June 1944.]]
[[File:Mine d'Asbestos.jpg|thumb|right|Dimensions of the mine in August 2011: width {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}}, depth {{convert|370|m|ft}}.]]

'''Val-des-Sources''' ({{IPA|fr|val de suʁs}}), meaning "Valley of the Springs", formerly known as '''Asbestos''' ({{IPA|fr|asbɛstɔs|pron}}), is a [[town (Quebec)|town]] on the [[Nicolet River]] in the [[Estrie]] ([[Eastern Townships]]) region of southeastern [[Quebec]], Canada.<ref name=Brit>"Asbestos" in ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica|The New Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Chicago: [[Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.]], 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 613.</ref> 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 {{convert|30.25|km2|mi2|abbr=out}}, including land acquired due to the merger of the City of Asbestos with the Municipality of Trois-Lacs on December 8, 1999.

At the [[Canada 2021 Census|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 the Val-des-Sources as the new name.<ref name=citynews>[https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/10/19/asbestos-quebec-new-name/ "Quebec town of Asbestos votes to change name to Val des Sources"]. ''[[CityNews]]'', October 19, 2020.</ref> The change came into effect on December 15, 2020.<ref name=namechange>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/92f0009x/92f0009x2021001-eng.pdf?st=JKGwsjOK | title=Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status and Names: From January 2nd, 2016 to January 1st, 2021 | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | page=35 | date=November 21, 2021 | accessdate=December 5, 2021}}</ref>