La Patrie, Quebec

La Patrie
Municipality
Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM.
La Patrie Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°24′N 71°15′W / 45.400°N 71.250°WCoordinates: 45°24′N 71°15′W / 45.400°N 71.250°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Haut-Saint-François
Constituted	December 24, 1997
Government[2]
• Mayor	Jacques Blais
• Federal riding	Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area[2][3]
• Total	206.70 km^2 (79.81 sq mi)
• Land	205.82 km^2 (79.47 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	749
• Density	3.6/km^2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	7.0%
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0B 1Y0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 212 Route 257
Website	www.municipalite.lapatrie.qc.ca

La Patrie is a municipality of about 750 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is located at the base of Mont Mégantic.

Some industries specializing in the field of forestry have settled in La Patrie. Notably, the company Guitabec which produces guitars under the label Godin has a manufacturing facility in La Patrie.

Light pollution

Participating in a program initiated and established by the Mont-Mégantic National Park in collaboration with Hydro-Québec, the village of La Patrie has greatly reduced its light pollution, which strongly affects the Mont Mégantic Observatory.

References

1. Reference number 339393 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 41027 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2441027) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

External links

• Media related to La Patrie at Wikimedia Commons