Fleurimont is an ''

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, of the city of

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...

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, Canada on the

Saint-François River The Saint-François River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes course ...

. The borough comprises the former city of Fleurimont and the eastern portion of pre-amalgamation Sherbrooke. As a separate city, Fleurimont had a population of 16,521 in the Canada 2001 Census. As a borough of Sherbrooke, it has a population of 44,950, making it the third most populous borough in the city, behind Brompton–Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville and Des Nations

Government

The borough is represented by five councillors on the

Sherbrooke City Council The Sherbrooke City Council (in French: ''Conseil municipal de Sherbrooke'') is the governing body for the mayor–council government in the city of Sherbrooke, in the Estrie region of Quebec. The council consists of a mayor and 14 councillors. Th ...

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Borough of Fleurimont
Boroughs of Sherbrooke Former cities in Quebec Former municipalities in Quebec Populated places disestablished in 2002 {{Estrie-geo-stub