Tring-Jonction
Village municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Tring-Jonction (French pronunciation: [tʁiŋ ʒɔ̃ksjɔ̃]) is a village in the Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,526 as of 2021.
Tring-Jonction | |
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View from Saint-Frédéric. | |
| Motto: Si bien chez nous | |
 Location within Beauce-Centre RCM. | |
  Tring-Jonction Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°59′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Centre |
| Constituted | November 21, 1918 |
| Named after | Tring[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mario Groleau |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.30 km2 (10.54 sq mi) |
| • Land | 27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,526 |
| • Density | 55.9/km2 (145/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 687 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-112 |
| Website | www |
It is named after Tring, a town in Hertfordshire, England. "Jonction" refers to the Quebec Central railway station that was built in 1881.[1]
History
Tring-Jonction was founded in 1918 by Ephrem Lagueux by splitting away from Saint-Frédéric-de-Beauce.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tring-Jonction had a population of 1,526 living in 657 of its 687 total private dwellings, a change of 5.4% from its 2016 population of 1,448. With a land area of 27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 55.9/km2 (144.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
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