Scotstown, Quebec
Scotstown is a city in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 547.
Scotstown | |
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 Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM | |
  Scotstown Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45.52296°N 71.28112°W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Haut-Saint-François |
| Constituted | June 24, 1892 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Chantal Ouellet |
| • Federal riding | Compton—Stanstead |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.00 km2 (4.63 sq mi) |
| • Land | 11.50 km2 (4.44 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 547 |
| • Density | 47.6/km2 (123/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  7.0% |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | J0B 3B0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |  Route 214  Route 257 |
| Website | www |
The town is renowned for its multiple legends carried by its first settlers, who emigrated from Scotland.
Notable people
- Robert James Cromie, born in Scotstown in 1887, was the publisher of the Vancouver Sun from 1917 until his death in 1936.[4]
References
- Reference number 58827 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 41080 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "(Code 2441080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- Stephen Hume, "Cromie, Robert James", in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
External links
Media related to Scotstown, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
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