La Patrie, Quebec

Municipality in Quebec, Canada

La Patrie

Municipality

Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM.

La Patrie

Location in southern Quebec.

Coordinates: 45°24′N 71°15′W﻿ / ﻿45.400°N 71.250°W﻿ / 45.400; -71.250[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Estrie
RCM| Le Haut-Saint-François
Constituted| December 24, 1997
Government

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• Mayor| Johanne Delage
• Federal riding| Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding| Mégantic
Area

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• Total| 206.70 km2 (79.81 sq mi)
• Land| 204.61 km2 (79.00 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[3]

• Total| 815
• Density| 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021

|  4.8%
• Dwellings

| 425
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)|

J0B 1Y0

Area code| 819
Highways|  R-212
R-257
Website| www.lapatrie.ca

La Patrie is a municipality of about 815 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is located at the base of Mont Mégantic.

Some industries specializing in the field of forestry have settled in La Patrie. The company Guitabec, which produces guitars under the label Godin, has a manufacturing facility in La Patrie.

## History

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Since the 2020's, La Patrie is participating in a program initiated and established by the Mont-Mégantic National Park in collaboration with Hydro-Québec, the municipality has greatly reduced its light pollution, which strongly affects the Mont Mégantic Observatory.

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 339393". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 41027". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".

## External links

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* Media related to La Patrie at Wikimedia Commons

Places adjacent to La Patrie, Quebec

|  | Hampden | Val-Racine

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Newport |

La Patrie

| Notre-Dame-des-Bois
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| Chartierville |

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Subdivisions of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality

Cities & Towns|

* Cookshire-Eaton
* East Angus
* Scotstown

Municipalities|

* Ascot Corner
* Bury
* Chartierville
* Dudswell
* La Patrie
* Newport
* Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton
* Weedon

Townships|

* Hampden
* Lingwick
* Westbury

* Regional County Municipalities in Estrie:
Coaticook
* Le Granit
* Le Haut-Saint-François
* Le Val-Saint-François
* Les Sources
* Memphrémagog

* Independent Cities: Sherbrooke

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* VIAF
* WorldCat

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