Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Coaticook is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The regional county municipality seat is Coaticook
Coaticook, Quebec
Coaticook is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Its southern border is also the border with the United States-Communities:...

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History

On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris (1783)
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of...

 the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain. Quebec's border with the states of Vermont and New Hampshire was established at 45 degrees north latitude.

Communities

  • Cities and Towns
    • Coaticook
      Coaticook, Quebec
      Coaticook is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Its southern border is also the border with the United States-Communities:...

    • Waterville
      Waterville, Quebec
      Waterville is a city of 1,800 people in southeastern Quebec, Canada, in the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Waterville owes its existence to water-power, harnessed first by a sawmill and subsequently by several other industries, which attracted its initial British, Loyalist and American...


  • Municipalities
    • Barnston-Ouest
      Barnston-Ouest, Quebec
      Barnston-Ouest is a municipality in Quebec.-Language:Home language -References:...

    • Compton
      Compton, Quebec
      Compton is a municipality in the regional county municipality of Coaticook and the administrative region of Estrie. And Home Of the world famous Sanders Farm and Vallons Maraichers farm, organic vegetable growers in the Deep Root Organic Cooperative of Vermont....

    • Dixville
      Dixville, Quebec
      Dixville is a municipality in Quebec in the regional county municipality of Coaticook and the region of Estrie. It is named after Dick Baldwin, a local pioneer who built a mill and whose first name is pronounced Dix....

    • East Hereford
      East Hereford, Quebec
      East Hereford is a village of 300 people in southeastern Quebec, Canada, in the Coaticook Regional County Municipality.East Hereford is located just north over the Beecher Falls , Vermont USA border and on the east side of East Hereford it is bordered by New Hampshire...

    • Martinville
      Martinville, Quebec
      Martinville is a municipality in Quebec. The population was 467 in 2006....

    • Saint-Herménégilde
      Saint-Herménégilde, Quebec
      Saint-Herménégilde is a municipality in Quebec....

    • Saint-Venant-de-Paquette
      Saint-Venant-de-Paquette, Quebec
      Saint-Venant-de-Paquette is a municipality in Quebec.- History :Founded in 1862, the village of Saint-Venant-de-Paquette is nicknamed "The Turtle Dove of the Eastern Townships". This small village of a hundred people is the oldest settlement near the U.S. border.- Population :There are about 100...

    • Saint-Malo
      Saint-Malo, Quebec
      Saint-Malo is a municipality which has the highest elevation in Quebec. At 640 metres, local residents live in an environment of forests, farms, and waterways that supply their livelihood. Every September, they revive the traditions of their ancestors with a Harvest Festival that includes a...

    • Stanstead-Est
      Stanstead-Est, Quebec
      Stanstead-Est is a municipality in Quebec....


  • Township municipalities
    • Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton
      Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Quebec
      Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton is a township in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. The township had a population of 440 in the Canada 2006 Census....


Demographics

Mother tongue language from 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...

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 15,820 87.28%
English only 1,925 10.62%
Both English and French 80 0.44%
Other languages 300 1.66%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

  • Autoroutes

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  • External Routes

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Bordering counties

External links

Coaticook Regional County Municipality website Qu'est ce qui se passe en Estrie
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