Adstock, Quebec
Adstock | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Mont Adstock | |
![]() Location within Les Appalaches RCM | |
![]() ![]() Adstock Location in province of Quebec | |
Coordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W / 46.05°N 71.08°WCoordinates: 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 Binet |
• Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
• Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area | |
• Total | 306.19 km2 (118.22 sq mi) |
• Land | 290.64 km2 (112.22 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,806 |
• Density | 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011–2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,803 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0N 1S0 |
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 2016 Census was 2,806.[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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Reference number 365547 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Geographic code 31056 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "(Code 2431056) Census Profile". 2016 census. Statistics Canada. 2017.
- ^ "GAZETTE OFFICIELLE DU QUÉBEC, Municipal Affairs" (PDF). www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/cspq/en/. 2001.
External links[]
Media related to Adstock, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Municipalities in Quebec
- Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches