Chartierville
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Chartierville (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁtjevil] ⓘ) is a small municipality of about 300 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border.
Chartierville | |
|---|---|
| |
 Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM | |
  Chartierville Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45.3°N 71.2°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Haut-Saint-François |
| Constituted | January 1, 1879 |
| Named after | Jean-Baptiste Chartier[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Dion |
| • Federal riding | Compton—Stanstead |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
• Total | 142.60 km2 (55.06 sq mi) |
| • Land | 141.94 km2 (54.80 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 319 |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  15.6% |
| • Dwellings | 231 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-210  R-257 |
| Website | www |
Chartierville is located on Quebec Route 257, which has its southern terminus at the Pittsburg–Chartierville Border Crossing, and Quebec Route 210, which has its eastern terminus in Chartierville.
Prior to its founding in 1870 by colonists from Saint-Hyacinthe, gold-seekers flocked to the area. This patch of land, 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi) in area and 505 metres (1,657 ft) in altitude, is one of the highest regions in Quebec.
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Chartierville | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
15 (59) |
20.5 (68.9) |
28 (82) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31 (88) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
26 (79) |
21 (70) |
15 (59) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
10 (50) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15 (59) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.4 (2.5) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
11.4 (52.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37 (−35) |
−33.3 (−27.9) |
−33 (−27) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
0 (32) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−6 (21) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−25.5 (−13.9) |
−44 (−47) |
−44 (−47) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 110.8 (4.36) |
90.5 (3.56) |
90.2 (3.55) |
93.5 (3.68) |
111.8 (4.40) |
140 (5.5) |
138.1 (5.44) |
134.9 (5.31) |
104.8 (4.13) |
128.2 (5.05) |
108.0 (4.25) |
120.1 (4.73) |
1,370.9 (53.97) |
| Source: Environment Canada[4] | |||||||||||||
Attractions
A local attraction of interest is Magnetic Hill (Côte Magnétique), a gravity hill.[5]
