Audet | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
Coordinates: | 45.65°N -114°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Estrie |
Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
Subdivision Name3: | Le Granit |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | November 26, 1903 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jean-Marc Grondin |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Mégantic—L'Érable |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Mégantic |
Area Total Km2: | 134.00 |
Area Land Km2: | 135.86 |
Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources |
Population Total: | 734 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | 5.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2011-2016 |
Population Blank1: | 1.4% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 303 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Postal Code: | G0Y 1A0 |
Area Code: | 819 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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 in altitude in the Appalachians, making it one of the highest municipalities in Quebec.