Tring-Jonction, Quebec

Tring-Jonction is a village in the Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,526 as of 2021.

Tring-Jonction
Village municipality
View from Saint-Frédéric.
View from Saint-Frédéric.
Motto: 
Si bien chez nous
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Tring-Jonction is located in Southern Quebec
Tring-Jonction
Tring-Jonction
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°59′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Centre
ConstitutedNovember 21, 1918
Named forTring[1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorMario Groleau
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
[2][3]
 • Total27.30 km2 (10.54 sq mi)
 • Land27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total1,526
 • Density55.9/km2 (145/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 5.4%
 • Dwellings
687
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0N 1X0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-112
Websitewww.tringjonction.qc.ca

It is named after Tring, a town in Hertfordshire, England. "Jonction" refers to the Quebec Central railway station that was built in 1881.[1]

History

Tring-Jonction was founded in 1918 by Ephrem Lagueux by splitting away from Saint-Frédéric-de-Beauce.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tring-Jonction had a population of 1,526 living in 657 of its 687 total private dwellings, a change of 5.4% from its 2016 population of 1,448. With a land area of 27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 55.9/km2 (144.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References
  1. "Reference number 63661 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 27060 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.




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