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Tring-Jonction, Quebec

Village municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°16′N 70°59′W / 46.267°N 70.983°W / 46.267; -70.983^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionChaudière-AppalachesRCMBeauce-CentreConstitutedNovember 21, 1918Named forTring^[1]Government

^[2]

• MayorMario Groleau • Federal ridingBeauce • Prov. ridingBeauce-NordArea

^[2]^[3]

• 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

5.4% • Dwellings

687Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0N 1X0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-112Websitewww.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

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

Demographics

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

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