Tring-Jonction, Quebec

Tring-Jonction is a village in the Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,473 as of 2011.

Tring-Jonction
View from Saint-Frédéric.
Location within Robert-Cliche RCM.
Tring-Jonction
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°16′N 70°59′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMRobert-Cliche
ConstitutedNovember 21, 1918
Named forTring[1]
Government
  MayorMario Groleau
  Federal ridingBeauce
  Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
  Total27.30 km2 (10.54 sq mi)
  Land25.60 km2 (9.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
  Total1,473
  Density57.5/km2 (149/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
6.7%
  Dwellings
645
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0N 1X0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 112
Websitewww.tringjonction.qc.ca

It is named after Tring, a town in Hertfordshire, England. "Jonction" refers to the Quebec Central railway station that was built in 1881.[1]

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