Adstock
Municipality
Mont Adstock
Mont Adstock
Location within Les Appalaches RCM
Location within Les Appalaches RCM
Adstock is located in Southern Quebec
Adstock
Adstock
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W / 46.05°N 71.08°W / 46.05; -71.08[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Appalaches
ConstitutedOctober 24, 2001
Named forAdstock[1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorPascal Binet
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
[2]
 • Total306.19 km2 (118.22 sq mi)
 • Land290.03 km2 (111.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total2,903
 • Density10/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016–2021
Increase 3.5%
 • Dwellings
1,767
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0N 1S0
Area codes418 and 581
Highways R-267
R-269
Websitewww.adstock.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 2021 Census was 2,903.[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 "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 365547". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 3 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 31056". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Adstock, Quebec (Code 2431056) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ↑ "GAZETTE OFFICIELLE DU QUÉBEC, Municipal Affairs" (PDF). www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/cspq/en/. 2001.
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