- Estrie
The Estrie is an administrative region of
Quebec that overlaps mostly (not entirely) theEastern Townships . "Estrie", a French name, 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 population of 298,779 inhabitants. Its largest population centre is the city of Sherbrooke.
Subdivisions
Regional County Municipalities
*Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec
*Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec
*Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec
*Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec
*Les Sources Regional County Municipality, Quebec
*Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Quebec Independent City
*Sherbrooke, Quebec Major communities
External links
* [http://www.estrie.gouv.qc.ca/ Portail régional de l'Estrie] Official website
* [http://www.easterntownships.org/index.php?xtor=AL-112 Tourism Eastern Townships]
* [http://www.estrieplus.com ESTRIEPLUS.COM Web Portal for Estrie]See also
*
List of Quebec regions
*Eastern Townships
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