Audet, Quebec

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Audet
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°39′N70°44′W / 45.650°N 70.733°W / 45.650; -70.733 Coordinates: 45°39′N70°44′W / 45.650°N 70.733°W / 45.650; -70.733 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM Le Granit
ConstitutedNovember 26, 1903
Government
[2]
  MayorJean-Marc Grondin
   Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
   Prov. riding Mégantic
Area
  Total134.00 km2 (51.74 sq mi)
  Land135.86 km2 (52.46 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2016) [3]
  Total734
  Density5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
  Pop 2011-2016
Increase2.svg 1.4%
  Dwellings
303
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s) 819
HighwaysQc204.svg Route 204
Website www.munaudet.qc.ca

Audet is a municipality in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Population is 734 as of the Canada 2016 Census.

Although the post office has been known as Audet since 1894, named after Michel Audet, the first postmaster, the municipality was known as Saint-Hubert-de-Spaulding until 1959, referring to the township of Spaulding, in which it is located.

Audet sits on a plateau at 535 metres (1,755 ft) in altitude in the Appalachians, making it one of the highest municipalities in Quebec.

Sources

  1. Reference number 2552 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 30055 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2430055) Census Profile". 2011 census . Statistics Canada. 2012.

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