Coaticook
Coaticook | |
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Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 45°08′N 71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°WCoordinates: 45°08′N 71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Estrie |
RCM | Coaticook |
Settled | 1820s |
Constituted | December 30, 1998 |
Government[2] | |
• Mayor | Bertrand Lamoureux |
• Federal riding | Compton—Stanstead |
• Prov. riding | Saint-François |
Area[2][3] | |
• Total | 223.60 km2 (86.33 sq mi) |
• Land | 218.57 km2 (84.39 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 9,255 |
• Density | 42.3/km2 (110/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 4,208 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Postal code(s) | J1A |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Website | www |
Coaticook is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Its southern border is also the border with the United States
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Communities[edit]
In addition to the primary community of Coaticook, smaller communities now within the municipal boundaries include Baldwin's Mills, Barnston, Ladd's Mills and Stanhope. Stanhope was a separate community in the 1890s.
Stanhope is home to the small Stanhope Airport.
Demographics[edit]
Population[edit]
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Mother tongue:[7]
- English as first language: 5.5%
- French as first language: 92.3%
- English and French as first language: 0.6%
- Other as first language: 1.6%
Cemeteries[edit]
Cemeteries in or near Coaticook include Mount Forest Cemetery,[8] Saint Edmond Cemetery,[9][10] St-Luc and St-Wilfrid-de-Barnston.
Climate[edit]
Climate data for Coaticook, Quebec | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 17.8 (64) |
17.0 (62.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.0 (95) |
34.4 (93.9) |
32.2 (90) |
28.9 (84) |
25.0 (77) |
17.8 (64) |
35.0 (95) |
Average high °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−2.8 (27) |
2.4 (36.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
5.0 (41) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
Average low °C (°F) | −14.5 (5.9) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
0.2 (32.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−10 (14) |
0.8 (33.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −41.7 (−43.1) |
−36.1 (−33) |
−29.4 (−20.9) |
−20.0 (−4) |
−7.8 (18) |
−2.2 (28) |
−1.1 (30) |
−1.1 (30) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−25.0 (−13) |
−36.1 (−33) |
−41.7 (−43.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 80.9 (3.185) |
69.8 (2.748) |
76.3 (3.004) |
81.2 (3.197) |
101.1 (3.98) |
124.7 (4.909) |
116.1 (4.571) |
128.9 (5.075) |
96.5 (3.799) |
104.8 (4.126) |
96.9 (3.815) |
98.8 (3.89) |
1,176 (46.299) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 22.2 (0.874) |
18.0 (0.709) |
29.6 (1.165) |
67.9 (2.673) |
100.1 (3.941) |
124.7 (4.909) |
116.1 (4.571) |
128.9 (5.075) |
96.5 (3.799) |
100.2 (3.945) |
70.7 (2.783) |
33.6 (1.323) |
908.6 (35.772) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 58.7 (23.11) |
51.9 (20.43) |
46.7 (18.39) |
14.1 (5.55) |
1.0 (0.39) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
4.6 (1.81) |
26.2 (10.31) |
65.2 (25.67) |
268.3 (105.63) |
Source: Environment Canada[11] |
Sports[edit]
Coaticook is home to the Coaticook Big Bill of the Ligue de Baseball Senior Élite du Québec, which play their home games in Julien Morin Stadium.
Pictures of Coaticook[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Reference number 351657 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ^ a b "Coaticook". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ a b c "Coaticook census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-01-16. Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "cp2011" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ a b "Electronic Area Profiles". Canada 1996 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ "Coaticook community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ "Mount Forest Cemetery, Coaticook, Stanstead County, Quebec". interment.net. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Liste des cimetières du diocèse". Cimetière Saint-Michel-de-Sherbrooke (in French). Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Saint Edmond Cemetery, Coaticook, Stanstead County, Quebec". interment.net. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Coaticook, Quebec Climate". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 (in English and French). Environment Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
See also[edit]
Grand Trunk Station (Coaticook)
External links[edit]
Media related to Coaticook, Québec at Wikimedia Commons
- (French) Ville de Coaticook
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