Coaticook is a
townA town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in southeastern
QuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
,
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on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the
Coaticook Regional County MunicipalityCoaticook is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Coaticook.-History:On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain...
. Its southern border is also the border with the
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Communities
In addition to the primary community of Coaticook, smaller communities now within the municipal boundaries include Baldwin's Mills, Barnston, Ladd's Mills and
Stanhope. Stanhope was a separate community in the 1890s.
Stanhope is home to the small
Stanhope AirportStanhope Airport, , is located adjacent to the community of Stanhope, Quebec, Canada....
.
Demographics
According to the
Canada 2006 CensusThe Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
:
- Population: 9,204
- % Change (1996-2001): 2.4
- Dwellings: 3,978
- Area (km².): 218.55
- Density (persons per km².): 42.1
Home language
- French: 92 %
- English: 6 %
- English and French: >1%
- Non Official language only: 2%
Cemeteries
Cemeteries in or near Coaticook include Mount Forest Cemetery, Saint Edmond Cemetery,, St-Luc and St-Wilfrid-de-Barnston.