Godmanchester is a township municipality located in

Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality Le Haut-Saint-Laurent ''(Upper Saint Lawrence)'' is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Montérégie region. Its seat is in Huntingdon and it is named for the Saint Lawrence River which forms its western and north ...

in the

Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. The ...

region of

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, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,417. The southeast part of the township is mostly delineated by the

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, while the south end borders with

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. It was named after

Godmanchester Godmanchester ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is separated from Huntingdon, to the north, by the valley of the River Great Ouse. Being on the Roman road network, the town has a lo ...

, England in 1811.

Geography

The municipality is situated along the

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Communities

The following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries: *Dewittville () – a

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situated along Route 138 and the

, midway between Huntingdon and Ormstown. *Lee's Corner () – a

situated west of Huntingdon.

Lakes & Rivers

The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries: *

– runs along the municipality's northeast border. * Trout River – runs along the municipality's southeastern border. Several other smaller streams and waterways also exist throughout the municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Godmanchester 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.

Transportation

The CIT du Haut-Saint-Laurent provides commuter and local bus services.

References

External links

* {{Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM, state=expanded Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality