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Coordinates: 46°03′00″N 71°05′00″W / 46.050000°N 71.083334°W / 46.050000; -71.083334
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{{Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
{{Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
| Northwest = [[Thetford Mines, Quebec|Thetford Mines]]
| Northwest = [[Thetford Mines]]
| North = [[Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec|Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton]], [[Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus, Quebec|Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus]]
| North = [[Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec|Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton]], [[Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus, Quebec|Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus]]
| Northeast = [[Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, Quebec|Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce]]
| Northeast = [[Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, Quebec|Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce]]

Revision as of 05:52, 28 June 2009

Adstock
Municipality
Map
CountryCanada Canada
ProvinceQuebec Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
Constitution2001
Government
 • MayorHélène Faucher
 • MPsChristian Paradis
 • MNAsLaurent Lessard
Area
 • Total
289.22 km2 (111.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total
2,747
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code
G0N 1S0
Area code418

Adstock is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,747 as of 2009. Adstock was created on February 14, 2001, after the amalgamation of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac and Sacré-Coeur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud. On October 24, 2001, Sainte-Anne-du-Lac joined the new municipality.

Adstock is named after the township in which the former municipality of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac lies. The township was itself named after the village of Adstock in Buckinghamshire, England.

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46°03′00″N 71°05′00″W / 46.050000°N 71.083334°W / 46.050000; -71.083334