Stornoway, Quebec

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Stornoway
Municipality
Skyline of Stornoway
Location within Le Granit RCM.
Location within Le Granit RCM.
Stornoway is located in Southern Quebec
Stornoway
Stornoway
Location in southern Quebec.
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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 (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 30105 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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