Abercorn, Quebec

Abercorn is a village in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Québec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 391.[2][4]

Abercorn
Village municipality
Waterfall in the village of Abercorn, Québec
Location within Brome-Missisquoi RCM.
Abercorn Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°02′N 72°40′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Brome-Missisquoi
Historic region	Eastern Townships
Settled	1797
Constituted	June 25, 1929
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Guy Gravel
• Federal riding	Brome—Missisquoi
• Prov. riding	Brome-Missisquoi
Area [2][4]
• Total	27.00 km^2 (10.42 sq mi)
• Land	27.22 km^2 (10.51 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2011)[4]
• Total	391
• Density	14.4/km^2 (37/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.8%
• Dwellings	238
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0E 1B0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 139
Census profile	2446005[4]
MAMROT info	46005[2]
Toponymie info	88[1]

It is bordered by the larger township of Sutton to the north and east, by Frelighsburg to the west, and the town of Richford, Vermont in the United States to the south.

History

Thomas Spencer built the first log cabin near Abercorn in 1792. The village was originally called Sheppard's Mills in honour of Thomas Shepard, a New Hampshire loyalist who built the area's first grain and saw mill. Originally part of Sutton, Abercorn was established as a township in 1929.

Geography

The village is located on the northern edge of the Green Mountains in the Sutton Valley, flanked to the west by the Pinnacle and to the east by the Sutton Mountain range. The Sutton river runs through the valley, as does Route 139 and the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway.

Located about 105 km from Montréal via Autoroute 10 and near the ski hills of Mount Sutton, Bromont, Jay Peak, Vermont, and Mont Owl's Head, Abercorn is a popular day trip and vacation spot for Montrealers.

Demographics

Population

Population trend:[5]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	391	6.8%
2006	366	10.9%
2001	330	4.1%
1996	344	7.2%
1991	321	N/A

Language

Home language (2006)[6]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	210	56.575%
English only	145	39.18%

Visible minorities and Aboriginal population
Canada 2006 Census		Population	% of Total Population
Visible minority group Source:[7]	South Asian	0	0
	Chinese	0	0
	Black	0	0
	Filipino	0	0
	Latin American	0	0
	Southeast Asian	0	0
	Arab	0	0
	West Asian	0	0
	Korean	0	0
	Japanese	0	0
	Mixed visible minority	0	0
	Other visible minority	0	0
Total visible minority population		0	0
Aboriginal group Source:[7]	First Nations	0	0
	Métis	0	0
	Inuit	0	0
Total Aboriginal population		0	0
White		365	100
Total population		365	100

See also

• List of village municipalities in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 88 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 46005 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BROME--MISSISQUOI (Quebec)
4. "(Code 2446005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
6. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Abercorn, Quebec
7. Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision

External links

• Eastern Townships: Towns and Villages: Abercorn