Adstock, Quebec
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 | |
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Mont Adstock | |
Location within Les Appalaches RCM | |
Adstock Location in province of Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Appalaches |
| Constituted | October 24, 2001 |
| Named for | Adstock |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pascal Binet |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 306.19 km2 (118.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 290.03 km2 (111.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 2,903 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2021 | 3.5% |
| • Dwellings | 1,767 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0N 1S0 |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-267 R-269 |
| Website | www |
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.
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