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Country
  
Canada

Demonym(s)
  
Estrien(ne)

Postal code
  
J

Province
  
Quebec

Time zone
  
EST (UTC-5)

Estrie

Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)
  
6 RCM, 1 ET Coaticook Le Granit Le Haut-Saint-François Le Val-Saint-François Les Sources Memphrémagog Sherbrooke (ET)

The Estrie ([ɛstʁi]) is an administrative region of Quebec that mostly overlaps the Eastern Townships (though not entirely). Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east".

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The region has a land area of 10,214.34 km² (3 943.78 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 310,733 inhabitants. Its largest population centre is the city of Sherbrooke. Estrie also has numerous natural parks.

Demographics

  • Population: 310,733 (2011)
  • Area: 10,214.34 square kilometres (3,943.78 sq mi)
  • Density: 30.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (79/sq mi)

    • School Boards

    Francophone:

  • Commission scolaire des Hauts-Cantons (Coaticook, East Angus and Lac-Mégantic).
  • Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke
  • Commission scolaire des Sommets

    • Anglophone:

  • Eastern Townships School Board

    • References

    Estrie Wikipedia
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