Estrie

Estrie
Country	Canada
province	Quebec
Administrative headquarters	Sherbrooke
Residents	312,150 (2011)
surface	10,194.6 km²
Population density	30.6 inhabitants / km²

Estrie (also called Cantons de l'Est ; English Eastern Townships ) is an administrative region ( French région administrative ) in the south of the Canadian province of Québec .

It is further divided into six regional county municipalities (municipalités régionales de comté) and 89 municipalities. The administrative seat is in Sherbrooke .

The population is 312,150 (2011), the land area 10,194.6 km², which corresponds to a population density of 30.6 inhabitants per km². 93.5% of the population speak French and 5.9% English as their main language.

To the southeast and south, Estrie borders the US states of Maine , New Hampshire and Vermont , to the west to the administrative region of Montérégie , to the northwest to Center-du-Québec , to the northeast to Chaudière-Appalaches .

structure

Regional County Councils (MRC):

• Coaticook
• Le granite
• Le Haut-Saint-François
• Les Sources
• Le Val-Saint-François
• Memphrémagog

Community outside an MRC:

• Sherbrooke

Web links

Commons : Estrie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Estrie region
• Statistical data
• Estrie Commission de toponymie du Québec