# Lac-des-Aigles

Lac-des-Aigles (French pronunciation:) 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 31st 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

Climate data for Lac-des-Aigles, Quebec: 320 m (1050 ft) (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1963–2004) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.5 (92.3) | 33.3 (91.9) | 30.0 (86.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | 33.5 (92.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) | −7.3 (18.9) | −1.5 (29.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 8.8 (47.8) | 0.7 (33.3) | −5.7 (21.7) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.5 (5.9) | −12.4 (9.7) | −6.5 (20.3) | 1.4 (34.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.5 (58.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.7 (51.3) | 4.5 (40.1) | −2.9 (26.8) | −9.9 (14.2) | 2.2 (36.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.4 (−2.9) | −17.5 (0.5) | −11.6 (11.1) | −3.3 (26.1) | 3.3 (37.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 10.1 (50.2) | 5.5 (41.9) | 0.1 (32.2) | −6.4 (20.5) | −14.0 (6.8) | −2.8 (27.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.0 (−34.6) | −34.5 (−30.1) | −31.0 (−23.8) | −22.5 (−8.5) | −10.6 (12.9) | −3.0 (26.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | −1.5 (29.3) | −6.7 (19.9) | −13.3 (8.1) | −22.5 (−8.5) | −33.5 (−28.3) | −37.0 (−34.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 99.2 (3.91) | 85.2 (3.35) | 85.7 (3.37) | 94.8 (3.73) | 111.9 (4.41) | 114.2 (4.50) | 132.9 (5.23) | 113.9 (4.48) | 109.8 (4.32) | 113.3 (4.46) | 108.2 (4.26) | 101.8 (4.01) | 1,270.9 (50.03) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 87.4 (34.4) | 74.4 (29.3) | 69.0 (27.2) | 44.2 (17.4) | 6.2 (2.4) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.3 (0.1) | 9.3 (3.7) | 51.3 (20.2) | 84.9 (33.4) | 427 (168.1) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 18.7 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 195.8 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 18.0 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 12.9 | 17.8 | 91.0 |
| Source: Environment Canada ||||||||||||||

## Demographics
### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lac-des-Aigles, Quebec :
| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2021 | 575 | 565 | 0.9% | 98.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 570 | 560 | n/a | 98.2% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 5 | n/a | 0.9% | 0 | n/a | 0.0% |