Adstock, Quebec

Adstock is a municipality in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2016 Census was 2,806.[2][3]

Adstock
Municipality
Mont Adstock
Location within Les Appalaches RCM
Adstock
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Appalaches
ConstitutedOctober 24, 2001
Named forAdstock[1]
Government
 • MayorPascal Binet
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total306.19 km2 (118.22 sq mi)
 • Land290.64 km2 (112.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total2,806
 • Density9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011–2016
 6.2%
 • Dwellings
1,803
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0N 1S0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 267
Route 269
Websitewww.adstock.ca

Adstock was created on February 14, 2001, after the amalgamation of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac and Sacré-Coeur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud. On October 24, 2001, Sainte-Anne-du-Lac joined the new municipality.[4]

Adstock was named after the township in which the former municipality of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac lies. The township was itself named after the village of Adstock in Buckinghamshire, England.

References
  1. Reference number 365547 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 31056 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2431056) Census Profile". 2016 census. Statistics Canada. 2017.
  4. "GAZETTE OFFICIELLE DU QUÉBEC, Municipal Affairs" (PDF). www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/cspq/en/. 2001.
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