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Stornoway, Quebec

Stornoway
Municipality
Skyline of Stornoway
Location within Le Granit RCM.
Location within Le Granit RCM.
Stornoway is located in Southern Quebec
Stornoway
Stornoway
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.717°N 71.167°W / 45.717; -71.167Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.717°N 71.167°W / 45.717; -71.167
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM Le Granit
Constituted January 1, 1858
Government
 • Mayor Pierre-André Gagné
 • Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. riding Mégantic
Area
 • Total 184.60 km2 (71.27 sq mi)
 • Land 181.47 km2 (70.07 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 559
 • Density 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.3%
 • Dwellings 250
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0Y 1N0
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 108
Route 161
Website www.munstornoway.qc.ca

Stornoway, Scottish Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh is a small village of 600 people. It is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161.





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