Adstock, Quebec
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Adstock | |
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Municipality | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Constitution | 2001 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Hélène Faucher |
• MPs | Christian Paradis |
• MNAs | Laurent Lessard |
Area | |
• Total | 289.22 km2 (111.7 sq mi) |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 2,747 |
• Density | 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal code | G0N 1S0 |
Area code | 418 |
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.