La Patrie is a municipality of about 815 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is located at the base of Mont Mégantic.

La Patrie
Municipality
Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM.
La Patrie Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°24′N 71°15′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Haut-Saint-François
Constituted	December 24, 1997
Government [2]
• Mayor	Jacques Blais
• Federal riding	Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding	Mégantic
Area [2][3]
• Total	206.70 km2 (79.81 sq mi)
• Land	204.61 km2 (79.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	815
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	4.8%
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0B 1Y0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 212 Route 257
Website	www.lapatrie.ca

Some industries specializing in the field of forestry have settled in La Patrie. The company Guitabec, which produces guitars under the label Godin, has a manufacturing facility in La Patrie.

Light pollution

Participating in a program initiated and established by the Mont-Mégantic National Park in collaboration with Hydro-Québec, the village of La Patrie has greatly reduced its light pollution, which strongly affects the Mont Mégantic Observatory.

References

External links

• Media related to La Patrie at Wikimedia Commons

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