Sherbrooke
city in Estrie, Quebec, Canada
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Summary
Sherbrooke is a city or town of Quebec[1]. Sherbrooke ranks in the top 2% of city or town of quebec entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,376 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Estrie[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Saint-François River[5], Rivière Magog[6]
- Head of government: Marie-Claude Bibeau[7]
- Instance of: equivalent territory[8], big city[9], territory outside RCM in Quebec[10]
- Shares border with: Val-Joli[11], Waterville[12], Hatley[13], Saint-Denis-de-Brompton[14], Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton[15], Ascot Corner[16], Cookshire-Eaton[17], Orford[18], Magog[19], Coaticook[20], Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley[21]
- Founder: Gilbert Hyatt[22]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Fleurimont[23], Lennoxville[24], Brompton–Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville[25], Les Nations[26]
- Twinned administrative body: Montpellier[27]
- Has organizational division: Hydro-Sherbrooke[28]
- Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Sherbrooke[29]
- Part of: Eastern Townships[30]
- Commons category: Sherbrooke, Quebec[31]
- Local dialing code: 819[32], 873[33]
- Inception: 1793[34]
- Located on street: Quebec Route 108[35], Quebec Autoroute 410[36], Quebec Route 112[37], Quebec Route 220[38], Quebec Autoroute 10[39], Quebec Route 216[40], Quebec Route 143[41], Quebec Autoroute 610[42], Quebec Autoroute 55[43]
- Official website: https://www.ville.sherbrooke.qc.ca/[44], https://www.ville.sherbrooke.qc.ca/en/[45]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sherbrooke[46]
- Population: 154,601[47], 161,323[48], 169,136[49], 170,816[50], 172,950[51], 175,114[52], 10,110[53], 11,452[54], 13,950[55], 147,427[56], 16,728[57], 183[58], 20,470[59], 23,522[60]
Why It Matters
Sherbrooke has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Sherbrooke is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]