Dunham is a city in the
Canadian province
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of
Quebec
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, located in
Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality
Brome-Missisquoi is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It lies in the Eastern Townships area. The seat is Cowansville.
In 2021, it was transferred to the Estrie region from Montérégie.
In Parliament it is co ...
. The population as of the
Canada 2011 Census was 3,471.
Dunham is located approximately north of the
United States
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border. It is bordered by
Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge and
Stanbridge East to the west,
Farnham
Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a tri ...
to the northwest,
Brigham and
Cowansville
Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 15,234.
In recent years ...
to the north,
Brome Lake
Brome Lake (french: Lac Brome) is a freshwater lake in the town of Brome Lake, in the Brome-Missisquoi regional county municipality of the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is the source of the Yamaska River.
The name Brome Lake co ...
to the northeast,
Sutton to the east and
Frelighsburg to the south.
Selby Lake is located entirely within Dunham.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Dunham had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
*
List of cities in Quebec
This is the list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipality type of city (''ville'', code=V), an administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy.
Note that although the terms "city" and ...
* Lansford Whiting Ingalls (1812–1896) - father of
Charles Ingalls
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Early life and famil ...
and grandfather of
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the '' Little House on the Prairie'' series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood ...
, author of
Little House on the Prairie
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was born in Dunham, but resided mostly in the
United States
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References
External links
Ville de Dunham
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Cities and towns in Quebec
Incorporated places in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality