Upton (Quebec)
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Montérégie | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Acton | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 39 ′ N , 72 ° 42 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 51.02 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1954 (status: 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 38.3 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 48038 | ||
| Postal code : | J0H | ||
| Mayor : | Yves Croteau | ||
| Website : | www.upton.ca | ||
Upton is a municipality ( Municipalité ) in the regional county town of Acton in the Canadian province of Québec . The community of Upton was created on February 15, 1998 through the merger of the former places Upton and Saint-Éphrem-d'Upton . Mayor is Yves Croteau.
Upton is located about 75 km east of Montréal and about 170 km southwest of Québec on the banks of the Rivière Noire . Neighboring municipalities of Upton are Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton in the north, Saint-Théodore-d'Acton and Acton Vale in the east, Saint-Valérien-de-Milton in the south, Saint-Liboire in the west and Ste-Hélène-de-Bagot in the north-west.
traffic
Upton is on Route 116 , 10 km west of Autoroute 20 , which runs from Québec to Montréal via Drummondville .
sons and daughters of the town
- Edgar Courchesne (born September 12, 1903, † October 19, 1979), Canadian architect who worked in Montreal and Rimouski .
- Joseph Louis Aldée Desmarais (1891–1979), Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Amos, born in Saint-Éphrem-d'Upton
Individual evidence
- ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec: Upton
- ↑ Edgar Courchesne. In: arch INFORM ; Retrieved December 14, 2009.