Coaticook is a town

Town

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 in southeastern Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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 on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality

Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Coaticook is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Coaticook.-History:On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain...

. Its southern border is also the border with the United States

United States

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Communities

In addition to the primary community of Coaticook, smaller communities now within the municipal boundaries include Baldwin's Mills, Barnston, Ladd's Mills and Stanhope. Stanhope was a separate community in the 1890s.

Stanhope is home to the small Stanhope Airport

Stanhope Airport

Stanhope Airport, , is located adjacent to the community of Stanhope, Quebec, Canada....

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Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...

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• Population: 9,204
• % Change (1996-2001): 2.4
• Dwellings: 3,978
• Area (km².): 218.55
• Density (persons per km².): 42.1

Home language

• French: 92 %
• English: 6 %
• English and French: >1%
• Non Official language only: 2%

Cemeteries

Cemeteries in or near Coaticook include Mount Forest Cemetery, Saint Edmond Cemetery,, St-Luc and St-Wilfrid-de-Barnston.