Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn is a parish municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The population is 667 as of the Canada 2021 Census. A parish municipality is the territory of a parish established as a municipality. Settlement began around 1880.[4] It is the site of Coburn Gore–Woburn Border Crossing along the Canada–United States border. Mount Gosford lies entirely within the parish, making Woburn one of the highest towns in Quebec, at an altitude of 1,193 metres (3,914 ft).
Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn | |
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 Location within Le Granit RCM | |
  Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°23′N 70°51′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Granit |
| Constituted | January 13, 1900 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jonathan Parisé |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
• Total | 284.10 km2 (109.69 sq mi) |
| • Land | 281.07 km2 (108.52 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 667 |
| • Density | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  3.6% |
| • Dwellings | 354 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-161  R-212  R-263 |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn had a population of 667 living in 309 of its 354 total private dwellings, a change of −3.6% from its 2016 population of 692. With a land area of 281.07 km2 (108.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.4/km2 (6.1/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
