Brome-Missisquoi is a
regional county municipality in the
Estrie
Estrie () is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone. Angl ...
region of
Quebec
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, Canada. It lies in the
Eastern Townships area. The seat is
Cowansville
Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 15,234.
In recent yea ...
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In 2021, it was transferred to the Estrie region from Montérégie.
In Parliament it is covered by the
Brome—Missisquoi
Brome—Missisquoi (formerly known as Missisquoi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The original electoral district of Missiquoi existed from 1867 to 19 ...
federal electoral district.
History
In the 1980s, the RCM was formed from municipalities of historic
Brome and
Missisquoi counties. On January 1, 2010, the city of
Bromont moved from
La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
La Haute-Yamaska (meaning ''The Upper Yamaska'') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Granby.
It is named for its position at the height of the Yamaska River, which cuts through its southern par ...
to Brome-Missisquoi.
Subdivisions
There are 21 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (7)
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Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...
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Bromont
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Cowansville
Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 15,234.
In recent yea ...
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Dunham
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Farnham
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Lac-Brome
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Sutton
Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
England
In alphabetical order by county:
* Sutton, Bedfordshire
* Sutton, Berkshire, a location
* Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire
* ...
;Municipalities (11)
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Bolton-Ouest
West Bolton (officially Bolton-Ouest) is a municipality located in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality of the Estrie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 732.
Demographics
Populat ...
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Brigham
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East Farnham
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Frelighsburg
Frelighsburg is a municipality in the Estrie region of southern Quebec, Canada, on the border with Vermont. It is at the foot of Mount Pinnacle, part of the Appalachian Mountains.
Administratively, it is within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional Coun ...
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Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge
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Pike River
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Saint-Armand
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Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge
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Sainte-Sabine
Sainte-Sabine () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France.
The communes c ...
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Stanbridge East
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Stanbridge Station
;Townships (1)
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Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...
;Villages (2)
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Abercorn
Abercorn (Gaelic: ''Obar Chùirnidh'', Old English: ''Æbbercurnig'') is a village and civil parish in West Lothian, Scotland. Close to the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the village is around west of South Queensferry. The parish had a pop ...
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Brome
Demographics
Population
Language
Highways
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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See also
* List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References
External links
Official site
Official MRC site
Tourism website of Brome-Missisquoi
Cultural website of Brome-Missisquoi
The Wine Route of Brome-Missisquoi
Statistics Canada
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Census divisions of Quebec