Memphrémagog () is a
regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.
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in the
Estrie
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region of
Quebec
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,
Canada
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.
History
After the signing of the
Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783, the American Revolutionary War ended. the state of
Vermont
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was established in 1791. The border of
Lower Canada
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was then defined at approximately
45 degrees north latitude. The territory immediately adjacent to it became part of
Quebec
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in 1848.
Subdivisions
There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (2)
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Magog
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Stanstead
;Municipalities (8)
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Austin
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Bolton-Est
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Eastman
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Hatley
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Ogden
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Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
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Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton
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Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley
;Townships (4)
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Hatley
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Orford
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Potton
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Stanstead
;Villages (3)
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Ayer's Cliff
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North Hatley
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Stukely-Sud
Demographics
Population
Language
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
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See also
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* Lake Memphremagog
Lake Memphremagog (; , ) is a fresh water glacial lake located between Newport (city), Vermont, Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada. The lake spans both Quebec and Vermont, but is mostly in Quebec. Most of the watershed th ...
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Memphremagog Regional County Municipality
Magog, Quebec