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Durham Sud

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Country
  
Canada

RCM
  
Drummond

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−5)

Area
  
92.7 km²

Province
  
Québec

Region
  
Centre-du-Québec

Constituted
  
November 1, 1975

Postal code(s)
  
J0H 2C0

Population
  
1,008 (2011)

Area code
  
819

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Durham-Sud, also known as South Durham, is a small farming community in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, west of Richmond and south of Drummondville. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,008.

Contents

Map of Durham-Sud, QC, Canada

History

Early settlers of the area were Scottish and Irish immigrants who arrived mostly in the 18th and 19th century and found the area to be good for farming. Today the community is predominantly francophone.

Éphrem-A. Brisebois was born here in 1850.

Population

Population trend:

Language

Mother tongue (2011)

References

Durham-Sud Wikipedia