Stornoway, Quebec

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Stornoway

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Stornoway, Qc.jpg

| image_caption = Village of Stornoway

|image_map = Stornoway Quebec location diagram.png

|map_caption = Location within Le Granit RCM

|pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec

| coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

| coor_pinpoint =

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Estrie

| subdivision_type3 = RCM

| subdivision_name3 = Le Granit

| established_title1 = Constituted

| established_date1 = January 1, 1858

| government_footnotes =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Pierre-André Gagné

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Mégantic—L'Érable

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Mégantic

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 184.60

| area_land_km2 = 180.15

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 535

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_density_km2= 3

| population_blank1_title= Pop 2016-2021

| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 0.9%

| population_blank2_title= Dwellings

| population_blank2 = 272

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = −5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = −4

| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

| postal_code = G0Y 1N0

| area_code = 819

| blank_name = Highways

| blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|108}}
{{jct|state=QC|QC|161}}

| website = {{Official URL}}

}}

Stornoway ({{langx|fr|Stornoway }}; {{langx|gd|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.

Demographics

{{Demography

|1861=800

|1871=702

|1881=944

|1891=705

|1901=684

|1911=863

|1921=909

|1931=913

|1941=1009

|1951=920

|1956=887

|1961=826

|1966=744

|1971=671

|1976=588

|1981=571

|1986=543

|1991=546

|1996=564

|2001=606

|2006=584

|2011=559

|2016=530

|2021=535

|source =StatsCan

}}

References

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{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052430105&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Stornoway | title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Stornoway, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec | date=9 February 2022 }}

{{mamrot |type=municipalite |30105}}

{{toponymie |60885}}

}}

{{Geographic location

| Northwest =

| North = Sainte-Praxède

| Northeast =

| West = Stratford
Lingwick

| Centre = Stornoway

| East = Saint-Romain

| Southwest =

| South = Milan

| Southeast = Nantes

}}

{{Le Granit RCM}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Municipalities in Quebec

Category:Incorporated places in Estrie

Category:Le Granit Regional County Municipality

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