Country Canada RCM Le Haut-Saint-François Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 272.5 km² Local time Sunday 6:40 AM Area code 819 | Region Estrie Constituted January 1, 2006 Postal code(s) J0B 1M0 Population 720 (2011) Province Québec | |
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Weather -16°C, Wind SE at 3 km/h, 83% Humidity | ||
Newport is a municipality of about 700 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. Newport has a small town called Island Brook.
Map of Newport, QC, Canada
On July 24, 2002, the then-township of Newport was amalgamated into the city of Cookshire-Eaton as part of the early 2000s municipal reorganization in Quebec. After a referendum, Newport de-merged and became an independent municipality on January 1, 2006. However, it remains part of the urban agglomeration of Cookshire-Eaton.
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Newport, Quebec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA