Estrie
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The Estrie is an administrative region of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec 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....

 that overlaps mostly (not entirely) the Eastern Townships
Eastern Townships
The Eastern Townships is a tourist region and a former administrative region in south-eastern Quebec, lying between the former seigneuries south of the Saint Lawrence River and the United States border. Its northern boundary roughly followed Logan's Line, the geologic boundary between the flat,...

. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east."

The region has a land area of 10,209.4 km² (3,941.87 sq mi) and a 2006 census
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. Its headquarters is in Ottawa....

 population of 298,779 inhabitants. Its largest population centre is the city of Sherbrooke. Estrie also has a large selection of natural parks.

Subdivisions

Regional County Municipalities

Independent City
  • Sherbrooke

Demographics

  • Population: 307,388 (2009)
  • Area: 10195 square kilometres (3,936.3 sq mi)
  • Density: 30.2 PD/km2

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