Stornoway, Quebec
Stornoway | |
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Municipality | |
Stornoway Location in southern Quebec | |
Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.72°N 71.17°WCoordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.72°N 71.17°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
RCM | Le Granit |
Constituted | January 1, 1858 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pierre-André Gagné |
• Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
• Prov. riding | Mégantic |
Area | |
• Total | 184.60 km2 (71.27 sq mi) |
• Land | 181.47 km2 (70.07 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 559 |
• Density | 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 4.3% |
• Dwellings | 250 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0Y 1N0 |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Highways | Route 108 Route 161 |
Website | www |
Stornoway, French: Stornoway, Scottish Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh is a small village of 600 people. It is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland by Colin Noble in 1852, replacing Bruceville.
It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161.
Demographics[]
Year | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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Population | 564 | 606 | 584 | 559 | 530 |
External links[]
- Media related to Stornoway, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
Former official website of Stornoway: "Municipalité de Stornoway". 2013-01-01. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. (in French)
- Legendre Mill[dead link]
- Région du Lac-Mégantic (in French)
- Mégantic Region (in English)
- Stornoway (in French)
- Toponymy Commission of Quebec (in English)
- Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales (in French)
References[]
- ^ Reference number 60885 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ a b Geographic code 30105 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ a b "(Code 2430105) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
Categories:
- Municipalities in Quebec
- Incorporated places in Estrie
- Le Granit Regional County Municipality
- Estrie geography stubs