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Route 216 is a two-lane east/west highway in 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....

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Canada

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, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in 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,...

at the junction of Route 108 and ends in Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches

Chaudière-Appalaches

Chaudière-Appalaches is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" |the electoral district of Beauce]]). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachian Mountains....

at the junction of Route 204.

Route 216 follows mostly a northeast/southwest course, and it is not a busy highway as it mostly links small villages between themselves in the backroads of the Appalachians. The only two major towns along the way are Sherbrooke and Sainte-Marie. Between Ham-Nord and Kinnear's Mills, very long stretches of the road are gravel.

Municipalities along Route 216

Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Quebec
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley is a municipality on Quebec Route 108 along Little Lake Magog. It is part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec. It is the home of the "Marais" birdwatching sanctuary, the Eglise Sainte Catherine de Hatley, as well as...
Sherbrooke
Stoke
Stoke, Quebec
Stoke is a municipality in Quebec....
Saint-Camille
Saint-Camille, Quebec
Saint-Camille is a township in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Les Sources Regional County Municipality. The township had a population of 448 in the Canada 2006 Census....
Wotton
Wotton, Quebec
Wotton is a municipality in Quebec....
Saint-Adrien
Saint-Adrien, Quebec
Saint-Adrien is a municipality in Quebec....
Ham-Nord
Ham-Nord, Quebec
Ham-Nord, Quebec is an canton in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. Route 216 goes through it.-Sources:*...
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Quebec
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 187 as of 2009. It was named after one of Jesus' first disciples, James, son of Zebedee. Wolfestown...
Saint-Julien
Saint-Julien, Quebec
Saint-Julien is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 407 as of 2009. It is named after Julien-Melchior Bernier, the first reverend of the parish between 1856 and...
Irlande
Irlande, Quebec
Irlande is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 948 as of 2009....
Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande
Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, Quebec
Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 415 as of 2009....
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 397 as of 2009....
Kinnear's Mills
Kinnear's Mills, Quebec
Kinnear's Mills is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 326 as of 2009. It is known as the "Village of Churches," as four churches are located close to each other in the...
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Quebec
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 686 as of 2009. It is named after one of Jesus' apostles, James, son of Zebedee, and the city of Leeds,...
Saint-Sylvestre
Saint-Sylvestre, Quebec
Saint-Sylvestre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 989 as of 2009...
Saint-Elzéar
Saint-Elzéar, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec
Saint-Elzéar is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,875 as of 2009. Founded in 1855, it is named after Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay, seigneur of neighbouring...
Sainte-Marie
Sainte-Marie, Quebec
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Sainte-Marguerite
Sainte-Marguerite, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec
Sainte-Marguerite is a parish in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,073 as of 2009. It is named after Marguerite Marcoux, who gave part of the land she owned in 1830 for the construction...
Saint-Malachie
Saint-Malachie, Quebec
Saint-Malachie is a village of 1,300 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. The Etchemin River goes through the municipality....
Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester
Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester, Quebec
Saint-Nazaire is a very small village of 400 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, Quebec, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It is the least populous village in Bellechasse....
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-du-Buckland
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec
Buckland is a small village of about 800 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. Although the official name is Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, almost everyone refers to the village as simply...
Saint-Philémon
Saint-Philémon, Quebec
Saint-Philémon is a small village of 850 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region....
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, Quebec
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy is a village of 864 people located in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Geographically it is located in the Notre Dame Mountains, one of the Canadian parts of the Appalachian Mountains. It was founded in 1862....
Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton
Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton, Quebec
Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton is a small village of 600 people in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec....
Saint-Marcel
Saint-Marcel, Quebec
Saint-Marcel is a municipality in Quebec....
Sainte-Félicité
Sainte-Félicité, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec
Sainte-Félicité is a municipality in Quebec....
Sainte-Perpétue
Sainte-Perpétue, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec
Sainte-Perpétue is a municipality in Quebec....

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