Memphrémagog | |
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Regional county municipality | |
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Coordinates: 45°16′N 72°05′W / 45.267°N 72.083°WCoordinates: 45°16′N 72°05′W / 45.267°N 72.083°W | |
Country |
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Province |
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Region | Estrie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Magog |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Jacques Demers |
Area | |
• Total | 1,449.00 km2 (559.46 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,320.96 km2 (510.03 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 48,551 |
• Density | 36.8/km2 (95/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 |
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• Dwellings | 28,760 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Website | www memphremagog |
Memphrémagog is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.
After the signing of the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783, the American Revolutionary War ended. the state of Vermont was established in 1791. The border of Lower Canada was then defined at approximately 45 degrees north latitude. The territory immediately adjacent to it became part of Quebec in 1848.
There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: