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Ham-Sud is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.

Ham-Sud
Municipality
Mont Ham
Location within Les Sources RCM
Ham-Sud Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 45°45′40″N 71°36′07″W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Les Sources
Constituted	January 1, 1879
Government [2]
• Mayor	Langevin Gagnon
• Federal riding	Richmond—Arthabaska
• Prov. riding	Richmond
Area [2][3]
• Total	152.40 km2 (58.84 sq mi)
• Land	152.85 km2 (59.02 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	235
• Density	1.6/km2 (4/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.4%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0B 3J0
Area code(s)	819
Highways	Route 257
Website	ham-sud.ca

Prior to October 22, 2011 it was a parish municipality and its name was Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud.[4] It lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the east of Wotton and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the southwest of Thetford Mines. Quebec Route 257 passes through the region.

Toponymy

Colonized in the middle of the 19th century, the township of Ham-Sud, established in 1851, takes its name from a village in the county of Essex in England. One of its first inhabitants, Joseph Dion, would eventually see his first name honoured through attribution to the mission in 1869. The parish was established both canonically and civilly in 1877. The parish municipality, installed two years later, would also take this denomination, Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud.[5]

Demography

The 2016 census counted 235 inhabitants, which is a 4.4% increase from 2011.[6]

History

On 22 Oct. 2011, the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud changed its name and status to simply Municipality of Ham-Sud.[7]

References

External links

• Media related to Ham-Sud at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website(in French)

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