Marston, Quebec
Marston is a township municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region in Quebec, Canada. A township municipality is all or part of the territory of a township (townships were originally only a land surveying feature) set up as a municipality.
Marston | |
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Township municipality | |
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 Location within Le Granit RCM | |
  Marston Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°30′N 71°00′W[1] | |
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| Province |  |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Granit |
| Constituted | January 1, 1874 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jacques Martin |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
| • Total | 78.70 km2 (30.39 sq mi) |
| • Land | 72.85 km2 (28.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 662 |
| • Density | 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  |
| • Dwellings | 334 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0Y 1G0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
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| Website | www |
It is named after Long Marston, North Yorkshire in England.[4]
References
- Reference number 39315 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 30035 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2430035) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- "Marston". Tourism Eastern Townships. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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