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Municipality in Quebec, Canada
Adstock
Municipality
Mont AdstockMont Adstock
Location within Les Appalaches RCMLocation within Les Appalaches RCM
Adstock is located in Southern QuebecAdstockAdstockLocation in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W / 46.05°N 71.08°W / 46.05; -71.08
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Appalaches
ConstitutedOctober 24, 2001
Named forAdstock
Government
 • MayorPascal Binet
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
 • Total306.19 km (118.22 sq mi)
 • Land290.03 km (111.98 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,903
 • Density10/km (30/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016–2021Increase 3.5%
 • Dwellings1,767
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 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.

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.

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. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 365547". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 31056". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ "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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Places adjacent to Adstock, Quebec
Thetford Mines Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine Adstock Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, La Guadeloupe
Sainte-Praxède Lambton Courcelles-Saint-Évariste
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