Stornoway, Quebec
Stornoway | |
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Municipality | |
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![]() Location within Le Granit RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Stornoway Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.717°N 71.167°WCoordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.717°N 71.167°W[1] | |
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Province |
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Region | Estrie |
RCM | Le Granit |
Constituted | January 1, 1858 |
Government[2] | |
• Mayor | Pierre-André Gagné |
• Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
• Prov. riding | Mégantic |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 184.60 km2 (71.27 sq mi) |
• Land | 181.47 km2 (70.07 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 559 |
• Density | 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 |
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• Dwellings | 250 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0Y 1N0 |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Highways |
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Website |
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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.
It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161.
References
- Répertoire des municipalités du Québec
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales
- Municipalité de Stornoway
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