Cookshire-Eaton Explained

Cookshire-Eaton
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Quebec
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Estrie
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Le Haut-Saint-François
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:July 24, 2002
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Mario Gendron
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Compton—Stanstead
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Mégantic
Area Total Km2:298.70
Area Land Km2:295.95
Population Total:5171
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:17.5
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2006-2011
Population Blank1: 3.3%
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:J0B 1M0
Area Code:819
Blank Name:Highways
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Cookshire-Eaton is a city in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is the seat of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality. Sherbrooke Airport is located there.

As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, on July 24, 2002 the city of Cookshire, the municipality of Newport and the township of Eaton were merged to form Cookshire-Eaton;[1] prior to this, on April 25, 2001, the village of Sawyerville had merged with Eaton.[2] After a 2004 referendum, however, Newport de-merged and was reconstituted as an independent municipality as of January 1, 2006. Nevertheless, Newport and Cookshire-Eaton both remain part of the urban agglomeration of Cookshire-Eaton.

The community had a population of 5,171 in the Canada 2011 Census.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cookshire-Eaton had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 296.25km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . stat.gouv.qc.ca . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061230022827/http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modjuillet02.pdf . 30 December 2006 . dead.
  2. Web site: Fiche descriptive.
  3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.