Estrie

Estrie
Administrative region
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)	6 RCM, 1 ET Coaticook Le Granit Le Haut-Saint-François Le Val-Saint-François Les Sources Memphrémagog Sherbrooke (ET)
Government
• Regional conference of elected officers	Jacques Demers (President)
Area[1]
• Total	10,214.34 km^2 (3,943.78 sq mi)
• Land	10,194 km^2 (3,936 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	312,150
• Density	30.62/km^2 (79.3/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Estrien(ne)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code	J
Area code	819
Website	estrie.gouv.qc.ca

The Estrie (French pronunciation: ​[ɛstʁi]) is an administrative region of Quebec that mostly overlaps the Eastern Townships (though not entirely). Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east".

The region has a land area of 10,214.34 km² (3 943.78 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 310,733 inhabitants. Its largest population centre is the city of Sherbrooke. Estrie also has numerous natural parks.

Demographics

• Population: 310,733 (2011)
• Area: 10,214.34 square kilometres (3,943.78 sq mi)
• Density: 30.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (79/sq mi)^[2]

Economy

Subdivisions

Regional County Municipalities

Regional County Municipality (RCM)	Population Canada 2011 Census[3]	Land Area	Density (pop. per km^2)	Seat of RCM
Coaticook	18,847	1,338.98 km^2 (516.98 sq mi)	14.1	Coaticook
Le Granit	22,259	2,734.85 km^2 (1,055.93 sq mi)	8.1	Lac-Mégantic
Le Haut-Saint-François	22,065	2,275.88 km^2 (878.72 sq mi)	9.7	Cookshire-Eaton
Le Val-Saint-François	29,654	1,403.96 km^2 (542.07 sq mi)	21.1	Richmond
Les Sources	14,756	786.23 km^2 (303.57 sq mi)	18.8	Asbestos
Memphrémagog	48,551	1,320.96 km^2 (510.03 sq mi)	36.8	Magog

Equivalent Territory

Equivalent Territory (ET)	Population Canada 2011 Census[3]	Land Area	Density (pop. per km^2)	Seat of ET
Sherbrooke	154,601	367.10 km^2 (141.74 sq mi)	437.4	Sherbrooke

Major communities

• Asbestos
• Coaticook
• Cookshire-Eaton
• Danville
• East Angus
• Lac-Mégantic
• Magog

• Richmond
• Sherbrooke
• Stanstead
• Thetford Mines
• Valcourt
• Waterville
• Windsor

School Boards

Francophone:

• Commission scolaire des Hauts-Cantons (Coaticook, East Angus and Lac-Mégantic).
• Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke
• Commission scolaire des Sommets

Anglophone:

• Eastern Townships School Board

See also

• List of regions of Quebec

References

1. "L'Estrie, ses municipalités régionales de comté (MRC) et territoire équivalent (TE) et ses territoires de conférence régionale des élus (CRÉ)". Profils des régions et des MRC (in French). Quebec: Institut de la statistique du Québec. 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
2. (French) Institut de la statistique du Québec
3. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. 2012-04-11. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

External links

• Portail régional de l'Estrie Official website
• Tourism Eastern Townships
• ESTRIEPLUS.COM Web Portal for Estrie
• CRÉ

Coordinates: 45°28′53.6″N 71°40′4.5″W / 45.481556°N 71.667917°W