Tring-Jonction, Quebec

Tring-Jonction is a village in the Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,473 as of 2011.

Tring-Jonction
Village municipality
View from Saint-Frédéric.
Location within Robert-Cliche RCM.
Tring-Jonction
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°59′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMRobert-Cliche
ConstitutedNovember 21, 1918
Named forTring[1]
Government
 • MayorMario Groleau
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
 • Total27.30 km2 (10.54 sq mi)
 • Land25.60 km2 (9.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,473
 • Density57.5/km2 (149/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 6.7%
 • Dwellings
645
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0N 1X0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 112
Websitewww.tringjonction.qc.ca

It is named after Tring, a town in Hertfordshire, England. "Jonction" refers to the Quebec Central railway station that was built in 1881.[1]

References
  1. Reference number 63661 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 27060 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2427060) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.




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