Adstock, Quebec
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Adstock | |
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![]() Mont Adstock | |
![]() Location within Les Appalaches RCM | |
Coordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W / 46.05°N 71.08°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Les Appalaches |
Constituted | October 24, 2001 |
Named for | Adstock[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pascal Jacques-Binet |
• Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area | |
• Total | 305.80 km2 (118.07 sq mi) |
• Land | 290.11 km2 (112.01 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,643 |
• Density | 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,711 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() |
Website | www |
Adstock is a municipality in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 2,643.[2][3]
Adstock was created on February 14, 2001, after the amalgamation of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac and Sacré-Coeur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud. On October 24, 2001, Sainte-Anne-du-Lac joined the new municipality.[4]
Adstock was named after the township in which the former municipality of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac lies. The township was itself named after the village of Adstock in Buckinghamshire, England.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 365547". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 31056". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Adstock, Quebec (Code 2431056) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "GAZETTE OFFICIELLE DU QUÉBEC, Municipal Affairs" (PDF). www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/cspq/en/. 2001.
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