Tring-Jonction, Quebec
Tring-Jonction is a village in the Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,473 as of 2011.
Tring-Jonction | |
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Village municipality | |
View from Saint-Frédéric. | |
Location within Robert-Cliche RCM. | |
Tring-Jonction Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°59′W[1] | |
Country | |
Province | |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Robert-Cliche |
Constituted | November 21, 1918 |
Named for | Tring[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mario Groleau |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
Area | |
• Total | 27.30 km2 (10.54 sq mi) |
• Land | 25.60 km2 (9.88 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,473 |
• Density | 57.5/km2 (149/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | |
• Dwellings | 645 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0N 1X0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | |
Website | www |
It is named after Tring, a town in Hertfordshire, England. "Jonction" refers to the Quebec Central railway station that was built in 1881.[1]
References
- Reference number 63661 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 27060 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2427060) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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