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.
Stornoway | |
|---|---|
 Village of Stornoway | |
 Location within Le Granit RCM | |
  Stornoway Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.72°N 71.17°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 |
It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161.
Demographics
edit| Year | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | 1951 | 1956 | 1961 | 1966 | 1971 | 1976 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | 2021 |
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| Population | 800 | 702 | 944 | 705 | 684 | 863 | 909 | 913 | 1009 | 920 | 887 | 826 | 744 | 671 | 588 | 571 | 543 | 546 | 564 | 606 | 584 | 559 | 530 | 535 |
External links
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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 [dead link]
- 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
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 60885". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 30105". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Stornoway, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
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