Stornoway, Quebec
Stornoway | |
|---|---|
Village of Stornoway | |
Location within Le Granit RCM | |
| Coordinates: 45°43′N 71°10′W / 45.72°N 71.17°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Granit |
| Constituted | January 1, 1858 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierre-André Gagné |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
• Total | 184.60 km2 (71.27 sq mi) |
| • Land | 180.15 km2 (69.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 535 |
| • Density | 3/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 0.9% |
| • Dwellings | 272 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | R-108 R-161 |
| Website | www |
Stornoway (French: Stornoway; Scottish Gaelic: 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.