Stornoway, Quebec
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stornoway, French: Stornoway, Scottish Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh is a small village of 500 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.
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Stornoway | |
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Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W[1] | |
Country | 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 | 180.15 km2 (69.56 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 535 |
• Density | 3/km2 (8/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 0.9% |
• Dwellings | 272 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | R-108 R-161 |
Website | www |
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It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161.