Adstock | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in province of Quebec |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Les Appalaches |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | October 24, 2001 |
Named For: | Adstock |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Pascal Binet |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Mégantic—L'Érable |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
Area Total Km2: | 306.19 |
Area Land Km2: | 290.03 |
Population Total: | 2903 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 10 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016–2021 |
Population Blank1: | 3.5% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1767 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0N 1S0 |
Area Codes: | 418 and 581 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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Adstock is a municipality in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 2,903.
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.[1]
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.