Amherst, Quebec

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Country Canada RCM Les Laurentides Named for Jeffery Amherst Area 249.4 km² Local time Tuesday 2:12 PM		Region Laurentides Constituted March 9, 1887 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Population 1,524 (2011) Province Québec

Weather 6°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 38% Humidity

Amherst is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality.

Map of Amherst, QC, Canada

The village of Vendée is also located within the municipality.

Population trend:

Population in 2011: 1524 (2006 to 2011 population change: 7.2%)

Population in 2006: 1421

Population in 2001: 1214

Population in 1996: 1145 (or 1169 when adjusted for 2001 boundaries)

Population in 1991: 883

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 760 (total dwellings: 1608)

Mother tongue:

English as first language: 0.7%

French as first language: 97.2%

English and French as first language: 0%

Other as first language: 2.1%

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