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Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
Parish municipality
Location within Le Granit RCM
Saint-Augustin-de-WoburnLocation in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°23′N 70°51′W / 45.38°N 70.85°W / 45.38; -70.85
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Granit
Constituted	January 13, 1900
Government
• Mayor	Steve Charrier
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area
• Total	284.10 km (109.69 sq mi)
• Land	280.63 km (108.35 sq mi)
Population
• Total	695
• Density	2.5/km (6/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.9%
• Dwellings	328
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0Y 1R0
Area code	819
Highways	R-161 R-212 R-263

Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, known locally as Woburn, is a parish municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The population is 695 as of the Canada 2011 Census. A parish municipality is the territory of a parish established as a municipality. Settlement began around 1880. 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).

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 km (108.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.4/km (6.1/sq mi) in 2021.

See also

• Classification of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55699". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 30005". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn (Code 2430005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
4. "Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn". MRC du Granit. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

External links

• Media related to Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Places adjacent to Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
Piopolis / Frontenac Notre-Dame-des-Bois Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn United States Franklin County, Maine United States Oxford County, Maine

v t e  Subdivisions of Le Granit Regional County Municipality
Cities	Lac-Mégantic
Municipalities	Audet Frontenac Lac-Drolet Lambton Milan Nantes Notre-Dame-des-Bois Piopolis Saint-Ludger Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Saint-Romain Saint-Sébastien Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton Stornoway Val-Racine
Parishes	Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
Townships	Marston Stratford
Regional County Municipalities in Estrie: Coaticook Le Granit Le Haut-Saint-François Le Val-Saint-François Les Sources Memphrémagog Independent Cities: Sherbrooke

• Parish municipalities in Quebec
• Incorporated places in Estrie
• Le Granit Regional County Municipality