Adstock, Quebec

Adstock
—  Municipality  —
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
Constitution 2001
Government
 • Mayor Hélène Faucher
 • MPs Christian Paradis
 • MNAs Laurent Lessard
Area
 • Total 289.22 km2 (111.7 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 2,747
 • Density 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code G0N 1S0
Area code(s) 418

Adstock is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,747 as of 2009. 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 is 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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