Stratford, Quebec
Township municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stratford is a township municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region in Quebec, Canada. A township municipality is all or part of the territory of a township (townships were originally only a land surveying feature) set up as a municipality.
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Stratford | |
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Coordinates: 45°47′N 71°17′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
RCM | Le Granit |
Constituted | 1857 |
Named for | Stratford-upon-Avon[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jacques Fontaine |
• Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
• Prov. riding | Mégantic |
Area | |
• Total | 139.50 km2 (53.86 sq mi) |
• Land | 119.86 km2 (46.28 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,036 |
• Density | 8.6/km2 (22/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 9.6% |
• Dwellings | 946 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-161 |
Website | www |
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The first European settlers arrived in 1848.[4] The town is named after Stratford-upon-Avon in England.[5]
The town contains Lake Elgin and part of Lake Aylmer.
The population, almost entirely francophone,[6] was 1,036 in the Canada 2021 Census.