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Sherbrooke, Quebec

Sherbrooke
City
Ville de Sherbrooke
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Flag of Sherbrooke
Flag
Official seal of Sherbrooke
Seal
Coat of arms of Sherbrooke
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Queen of the Eastern Townships
Motto: Ne quid nimis
Sherbrooke is located in Quebec
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke
Location of Sherbrooke in Quebec
Coordinates: 45°24′N 71°54′W / 45.400°N 71.900°W / 45.400; -71.900Coordinates: 45°24′N 71°54′W / 45.400°N 71.900°W / 45.400; -71.900
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM None
Settled 1793
Constituted 1 January 2002
Boroughs
Government
 • Type Sherbrooke City Council
 • Mayor Bernard Sévigny
 • Federal riding Compton—Stanstead / Sherbrooke
 • Prov. riding Richmond / Saint-François / Sherbrooke
Area
 • City 367.10 km2 (141.74 sq mi)
 • Land 353.49 km2 (136.48 sq mi)
 • Urban 171.04 km2 (66.04 sq mi)
 • Metro 1,459.61 km2 (563.56 sq mi)
Highest elevation 378 m (1,240 ft)
Lowest elevation 128 m (420 ft)
Population (2011)
 • City 154,601
 • Density 437.4/km2 (1,133/sq mi)
 • Urban 140,628
 • Urban density 822.2/km2 (2,129/sq mi)
 • Metro 201,890
 • Metro density 138.3/km2 (358/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011 Increase 4.9%
 • Dwellings 75,880
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J1E to J1R
Area code(s) 819
Highways
A-10
A-55
A-410
A-610

Route 112
Route 108
Route 143
Route 216
Route 220
Route 222
Telephone Exchanges -212 239 340 345-9 432 434 437 446 542 560 -6 569 570 - 4 575 577
GNBC Code EIDHN
NTS Map 021E05
Website www.ville.sherbrooke.qc.ca

Sherbrooke (/ˈʃɜːrbrʊk/; Quebec French pronunciation [ʃɛʁbʁʊk]) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. Sherbrooke is situated at the confluence of the Saint-François (St. Francis) and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. With 154,601 residents at the 2011 census, Sherbrooke was the sixth largest city in the province of Quebec and the thirtieth largest in Canada. The Sherbrooke Census Metropolitan Area had 201,890 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Quebec and nineteenth largest in Canada.

Originally known as Hyatt's Mill, it was renamed after Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764–1840), a British general who was Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1812–1816), and Governor General of British North America (1816–1818).


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