Nantes, Quebec
Nantes | |
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Location within Le Granit RCM. Location within Le Granit RCM. |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
RCM | Le Granit |
Constituted | January 1, 1874 |
Government[2] | |
• Mayor | Sylvain Gilbert |
• Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
• Prov. riding | Mégantic |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 120.50 km2 (46.53 sq mi) |
• Land | 120.39 km2 (46.48 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,374 |
• Density | 11.4/km2 (30/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 4.3% |
• Dwellings | 654 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | G0Y 1G0 |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Highways | Route 161 Route 214 Route 263 |
Website | www |
Nantes is a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It is situated between Stornoway and Lac-Mégantic, where the Canadian Pacific Railway used to cross. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 1,374.
History
Nantes used to be called Spring Hill. In 1856, Scottish settlers established their camps. It was called in gaelique Drum-A-Vack. Later, French-Canadian families took over the camps in 1905. A train station and a postal office are added to the community in 1879 and in 1898, two sawmills, two telegraph offices, and two general stores were added as well.
On 2013 July 6, an Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway train engine caught fire, was extinguished. Later MMA officials left the train unmanned, parked on the line. The train rolled away from Nantes, towards Lac-Megantic, Quebec, and derailed, causing an explosion and fire in Lac-Megantic.
Nantes has the distinction of having the last electro-mechanical telephone switch in the public network of North America, finally converting to digital in 2002.
Twin town
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References
- ↑ Reference number 43374 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 30045 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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Stornoway | Saint-Romain | ||
Milan | Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton | |||
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Marston | Lac-Mégantic |