Adstock, Quebec

Municipality in Quebec, Canada
46°03′N 71°05′W / 46.05°N 71.08°W / 46.05; -71.08[1]Country CanadaProvince QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMLes AppalachesConstitutedOctober 24, 2001Named forAdstock[1]Government • MayorPascal Binet • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable • Prov. ridingLotbinière-FrontenacArea • 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
1,767Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)Area codes418 and 581Highways R-267
R-269Websitewww.adstock.ca Edit this at Wikidata

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.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 365547". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 31056". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "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.

External links

  • Media related to Adstock, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons