Adstock, Quebec

Adstock
Municipality
Mont Adstock

Location within Les Appalaches RCM
Adstock
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W / 46.05°N 71.08°W / 46.05; -71.08Coordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W / 46.05°N 71.08°W / 46.05; -71.08[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Les Appalaches
Constituted October 24, 2001
Named for Adstock[1]
Government[2]
 • Mayor Pascal Jacques-Binet
 • Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. riding Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
 • Total 305.80 km2 (118.07 sq mi)
 • Land 290.11 km2 (112.01 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 2,643
 • Density 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 1.3%
 • Dwellings 1,711
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) G0N 1S0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 267
Route 269
Website www.municipaliteadstock.qc.ca

Adstock is a municipality in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 2,643.[2][3]

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. 1 2 Reference number 365547 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 3 Geographic code 31056 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 3 "(Code 2431056) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ "GAZETTE OFFICIELLE DU QUÉBEC, Municipal Affairs" (PDF). www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/cspq/en/. 2001.
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