Stornoway, Quebec
Stornoway, French: Stornoway, Scottish Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh is a small village of 600 people. It is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland by Colin Noble in 1852, replacing Bruceville.
Stornoway | |
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 Location within Le Granit RCM | |
  Stornoway Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Granit |
| Constituted | January 1, 1858 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierre-André Gagné |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
| • Total | 184.60 km2 (71.27 sq mi) |
| • Land | 181.47 km2 (70.07 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 559 |
| • Density | 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  4.3% |
| • Dwellings | 250 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-108  R-161 |
| Website | www |
It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161.
Demographics
| Year | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Population | 564 | 606 | 584 | 559 | 530 |
External links
Media related to Stornoway, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
Former official website of Stornoway: "Municipalité de Stornoway". 2013-01-01. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. (in French)
- Legendre Mill
- Région du Lac-Mégantic (in French)
- Mégantic Region (in English)
- Stornoway (in French)
- Toponymy Commission of Quebec (in English)
- Affaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales (in French)
References
- "Reference number 60885 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Geographic code 30105 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- "Stornoway, Quebec (Code 2430105) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
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