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Tring-Jonction, Quebec
Tring-Jonction is a village in the Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,526 as of 2021.
Tring-Jonction | |
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View from Saint-Frédéric. | |
| Motto: Si bien chez nous | |
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM. | |
Tring-Jonction Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°59′W / 46.267°N 70.983°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Centre |
| Constituted | November 21, 1918 |
| Named for | Tring[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mario Groleau |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.30 km2 (10.54 sq mi) |
| • Land | 27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,526 |
| • Density | 55.9/km2 (145/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 687 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-112 |
| Website | www |
It is named after Tring, a town in Hertfordshire, England. "Jonction" refers to the Quebec Central railway station that was built in 1881.[1]
History edit
Tring-Jonction was founded in 1918 by Ephrem Lagueux by splitting away from Saint-Frédéric-de-Beauce.
Demographics edit
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tring-Jonction had a population of 1,526 living in 657 of its 687 total private dwellings, a change of 5.4% from its 2016 population of 1,448. With a land area of 27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 55.9/km2 (144.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 63661". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 27060". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.