Franklin (Quebec)

Franklin is a Municipalité in the regional Municipalité of county of the High-Saint-Laurent to the Quebec, located in the administrative area of the Montérégie.

Village located at the foot of the Covey mount and sprinkled by the Rivière with the Bustards Is and the brooks Michel and Brandy. Close village American border of the state of New York. It is an area of pomiculture and many other cultures fruit-bearing.

Named in the honor of the captain Franklin John, this canton of rather irregular form consists of a population of 1.601 named residents Franklinois. Its surface is of 112.19 km ² and includes the village of Saint-Antoine-Abbot, the localities of Maritana and of Bridgetown as well as the hamlets of Franklin Center and Dorea, and passing 100 m to 320 m of altitude of north in the south.

Municipalities bordering

Sources

Repertory of the municipalities of Quebec
Commission of toponymy of Quebec
municipal Businesses and areas - regional charts

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