Brompton is a

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ...

of the city of

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...

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. The borough comprises the former city of Bromptonville, which was amalgamated into the city of Sherbrooke on January 1, 2002. Prior to December 30, 1998, "Brompton" referred to a

township municipality A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canada ...

which occupied some of the territory of the modern-day borough of Brompton. Prior to June 12, 1996, the township municipality of Brompton and the city of Bromptonville were part of

Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality Le Val-Saint-François () is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Richmond. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) * Richmond * Valcourt * Windsor ;Municipal ...

; on that date they both transferred to Sherbrooke Regional County Municipality (as it was then called). On December 30, 1998, the township municipality of Brompton merged into the city of Bromptonville. On January 1, 2002, the by-now-renamed La Région-Sherbrookoise Regional County Municipality became defunct when nearly all of it was merged into the expanded city of Sherbrooke; the city of Bromptonville became the borough of Brompton. As an independent municipality, Bromptonville had a population of 5,571 in the

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. As a borough of Sherbrooke, Brompton had a population of 6,314 in 2009.

Government

The borough is represented by one councillor on the

Sherbrooke City Council The Sherbrooke City Council (in French: ''Conseil municipal de Sherbrooke'') is the governing body for the mayor–council government in the city of Sherbrooke, in the Estrie region of Quebec. The council consists of a mayor and 14 councillors. T ...

, and two councillors who serve on the local borough council but not on the full city council. Its current city councillor is Nicole Bergeron, and its borough councillors are Benoît Dionne and Michel Lamontagne. File:Hardwood lumber yard in Bromptonville, Quebec (1921).jpg, Hardwood lumber yard in Bromptonville, 1921 File:Brompton Inondation 1948 Rue Larocque - panoramio - Mario Hains.jpg, Brompton

References

External links

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Borough of Brompton
{{Coord, 45, 28, N, 71, 56, W, region:CA_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Boroughs of Sherbrooke Populated places disestablished in 2002