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Tring-Jonction, Quebec

Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°59′W / 46.267°N 70.983°W / 46.267; -70.983
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Tring-Jonction
View from Saint-Frédéric.
View from Saint-Frédéric.
Motto: 
Si bien chez nous
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Tring-Jonction is located in Southern Quebec
Tring-Jonction
Tring-Jonction
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°59′W / 46.267°N 70.983°W / 46.267; -70.983[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Centre
ConstitutedNovember 21, 1918
Named forTring[1]
Government
 • MayorMario Groleau
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
 • Total27.30 km2 (10.54 sq mi)
 • Land27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total1,526
 • Density55.9/km2 (145/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 5.4%
 • Dwellings
687
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-112
Websitewww.tringjonction.qc.ca

Tring-Jonction is a village in the Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,526 as of 2021.

It is named after Tring, a town in Hertfordshire, England. "Jonction" refers to the Quebec Central railway station that was built in 1881.[1]

History

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Tring-Jonction was founded in 1918 by Ephrem Lagueux by splitting away from Saint-Frédéric-de-Beauce.

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tring-Jonction had a population of 1,526 living in 657 of its 687 total private dwellings, a change of 5.4% from its 2016 population of 1,448. With a land area of 27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 55.9/km2 (144.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 63661". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 27060". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.