Sherbrooke
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| Ville de Sherbrooke | |||||
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| Nickname(s): Queen of the Eastern Townships | |||||
| Motto: Ne quid nimis | |||||
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| Coordinates: 45°24′N 71°54′W / 45.400°N 71.900°WCoordinates: 45°24′N 71°54′W / 45.400°N 71.900°W | |||||
| Country | Canada | ||||
| Province | Quebec | ||||
| Region | Estrie | ||||
| RCM | None | ||||
| Settled | 1793 | ||||
| Constituted | 1 January 2002 | ||||
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| • 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 |
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| • 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
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| 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 |
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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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