Lambton, Quebec
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Lambton is a municipality of about 1600 people in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.
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CanadaLambton | |
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| Motto(s): Le jour viendra (French) "The day will come" | |
 Location within Le Granit RCM | |
  Lambton Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°50′N 71°05′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Granit |
| Constituted | December 23, 1976 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierre Lemay |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
• Total | 124.70 km2 (48.15 sq mi) |
| • Land | 108.45 km2 (41.87 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,630 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  0.8% |
| • Dwellings | 1,143 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-108  R-263  A-10 (possible)  A-65 (possible) |
| Website | www |
Lambton is mostly rural and agricultural area with some business on the two main roads in town.
History
In 1855, the township of Lambton was created, while a Catholic mission, the future parish of Saint-Vital-de-Lambton, had already opened its registers in 1844. The current Saint-Vital Church in Lambton was built between 1905 and 1907. The village of Lambton, located on the eastern shore of Grand lac Saint François, was first incorporated as a municipality in 1913. Then, in 1976, a new municipality retaining the name Lambton was established from the merger of the village and the township.[1]
