Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn

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Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
Parish municipality
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Location within Le Granit RCM
Location within Le Granit RCM
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM Le Granit
Constituted January 13, 1900
Government[1]
 • Mayor Steve Charrier
 • Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. riding Mégantic
Area[1][2]
 • Total 284.10 km2 (109.69 sq mi)
 • Land 280.63 km2 (108.35 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 695
 • Density 2.5/km2 (6/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 0.9%
 • Dwellings 328
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0Y 1R0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 161
Route 212
Route 263

Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, known locally as Woburn, is a parish municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The population is 695 as of the Canada 2011 Census. A parish municipality is the territory of a parish established as a municipality. Settlement began around 1880.[4] It is the site of Coburn Gore-Woburn Border Crossing along the Canada–United States border. Mount Gosford lies entirely within the parish, making Woburn one of the highest towns in Quebec, at an altitude of 1,193 metres (3,914 ft).

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn had a population of 667 living in 309 of its 354 total private dwellings, a change of −3.6% from its 2016 population of 692. With a land area of 281.07 km2 (108.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.4/km2 (6.1/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

See also

Types of municipalities in Quebec

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Geographic code 30005 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
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  3. Reference number 55699 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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External links

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