Stornoway, Quebec

Stornoway
Municipality

Location within Le Granit RCM
Stornoway

Location in southern Quebec

Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.72°N 71.17°W / 45.72; -71.17Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.72°N 71.17°W / 45.72; -71.17[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM Le Granit
Constituted January 1, 1858
Government[2]
 • Mayor Pierre-André Gagné
 • Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. riding Mégantic
Area[2][3]
 • Total 184.60 km2 (71.27 sq mi)
 • Land 181.47 km2 (70.07 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 559
 • Density 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.3%
 • Dwellings 250
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0Y 1N0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 108
Route 161
Website www.munstornoway.qc.ca

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.

It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 60885 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 30105 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2430105) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.


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