Austin, Quebec
Austin is a municipality on the western shore of Lake Memphremagog, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.
Austin | |
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Location within Memphrémagog RCM | |
Austin Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°11′N 72°17′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Memphrémagog |
| Founded | 1793 |
| Constituted | November 5, 1938 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lisette Maillé |
| • Federal riding | Brome—Missisquoi |
| • Prov. riding | Orford |
| Area | |
| • Total | 86.50 km2 (33.40 sq mi) |
| • Land | 73.58 km2 (28.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,748 |
| • Density | 23.8/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 17.7% |
| • Dwellings | 1,410 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | J0B 1B0 |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways A-10 | R-112 |
| Website | www |
It was home to inventor Reginald Fessenden. It is named after Nicholas Austin who brought the first settlers, mostly Quakers, to this area from the state of New Hampshire in 1796.
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