Adstock, Quebec

Adstock
Municipality
Location within Les Appalaches RCM.
Adstock Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W / 46.050°N 71.083°WCoordinates: 46°03′N 71°05′W / 46.050°N 71.083°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Appalaches
Constituted	October 24, 2001
Named for	Adstock[1]
Government[2]
• Mayor	René Gosselin
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area[2][3]
• Total	305.80 km^2 (118.07 sq mi)
• Land	290.11 km^2 (112.01 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	2,643
• Density	9.1/km^2 (24/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.3%
• Dwellings	1,711
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0N 1S0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 267 Route 269
Website	www.municipalite adstock.qc.ca

Adstock is a municipality in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 2,643.^[2][3]

Adstock was created on February 14, 2001, after the amalgamation of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac and Sacré-Coeur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud. On October 24, 2001, Sainte-Anne-du-Lac joined the new municipality.

Adstock was named after the township in which the former municipality of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac lies. The township was itself named after the village of Adstock in Buckinghamshire, England.

References

1. Reference number 365547 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 31056 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2431056) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.