Compton is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Coaticook Regional County Municipality Coaticook is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Coaticook. History On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain. ...

in the

Estrie Estrie () is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone. Angl ...

region of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

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Demographics

Population

Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census (+) adjusted figures due to boundary changes

Elected representatives

Fernand Veilleux,

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Notable people

Louis Saint-Laurent Louis Stephen St. Laurent (''Saint-Laurent'' or ''St-Laurent'' in French, baptized Louis-Étienne St-Laurent; February 1, 1882 – July 25, 1973) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 19 ...

(1882–1973), Prime Minister of Canada * Bernard St-Laurent,

CBC Radio CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below ...

personality *

Maryse Dubuc Maryse Dubuc (; born 21 October 1977) is a Canadian comics writer, known particularly for ''The Bellybuttons'' which she created with Marc Delafontaine ("Delaf"). Early life Maryse Dubuc was born in Compton, Quebec,

, creator of ''

The Bellybuttons ''The Bellybuttons'' (french: Les Nombrils, ) is a Canadian comics series written by Maryse Dubuc (credited as "Dubuc") and illustrated by her husband, Marc "Delaf" Delafontaine. Dubuc and Delafontaine are based in Sherbrooke, Quebec. History A ...

'' * William H. Bringloe, Canadian Hall of Fame and North American Champion racehorse trainer

References

External links

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Compton, official siteLes ComptonalesTourisme CoaticookESTRIEPLUS.COM What's happening in Estrie
Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Coaticook Regional County Municipality {{Estrie-geo-stub