Stornoway | |
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Village of Stornoway | |
Location within Le Granit RCM | |
| Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.72°N 71.17°W | |
| Country | |
| Province | |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Granit |
| Constituted | January 1, 1858 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Martine Brouard |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
• Total | 184.60 km2 (71.27 sq mi) |
| • Land | 180.15 km2 (69.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 535 |
| • Density | 3/km2 (7.8/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | |
| • Dwellings | 272 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | |
| Website | www |
Stornoway (French: Stornoway; Scottish Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a small village of 500 people. It is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland by Colin Noble in 1852, replacing Bruceville.
It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161. The town is listed as a Village rélais.
The Felton River estuary, where the Blanche and Noire rivers meet, is situated to the south-east of the municipality. The Legendre River joins the Felton River to the east of the municipality.
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Former official website of Stornoway: "Municipalité de Stornoway". 2013-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) (in French)