Pohénégamook

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Pohénégamook
City
Pohenegamook Lake
Location within Témiscouata RCM
Pohénégamook Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°28′N 69°13′W / 47.467°N 69.217°W / 47.467; -69.217Coordinates: 47°28′N 69°13′W / 47.467°N 69.217°W / 47.467; -69.217[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Témiscouata
Constituted	November 3, 1973
Government [2]
�� Mayor	Louise Labonté
• Federal riding	Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques
• Prov. riding	Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area [2][3]
• Total	349.40 km2 (134.90 sq mi)
• Land	340.33 km2 (131.40 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	2,770
• Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.8%
• Dwellings	1,383
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0L 1J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 289
Website	www.pohenegamook.net

Pohénégamook, Quebec (pop. 2940) is a Canadian town on the Canada–United States border in Quebec's Témiscouata Regional County Municipality.

The town shares the border with Estcourt Station, Maine, the northernmost point in New England.

As of 2006, Pohénégamook had 2940 people, down 5.1% from the last census in 2001.

The town is named after Lake Pohenegamook and is located on the lake's southern and western shores.

Pohénégamook was amalgamated with the formerly-independent communities of Saint-Pierre d'Estcourt, Saint-Éleuthère, Village-Blier and Saint-David-de-Sully on October 23, 1973.

See also[]

• Lake Pohenegamook, a waterbody
• Boucanée River, a stream
• List of cities in Quebec

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Pohénégamook at Wikimedia Commons
• http://www.pohenegamook.net (Pohenegamook official website)

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