Amherst
Township, 1,707 residents (2026)46° 03′ N, 74° 46′ WName of English origin
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Around Amherst
In the municipality, within 5 km
- Pourvoirie Baroux4.4 km
- Parc David-Thomas4.4 km
- Mont des Corbeaux1 km
- Belvédère (Saint-Rémi-d'Amherst)3.4 km
- Montagne de la Tour3.4 km
- Café de la Halte4.3 km
- Bibliothèque de Saint-Rémi4.4 km
- Le Familial4.5 km
- Resto Bar JC4.6 km
- L'Accomodant4.7 km
Villages and areas: Saint-Rémi-d'Amherst (4.5 km)
5 km to 10 km
- Les Refuges du Lac Démélé6.3 km
- Plage municipale de Brébeuf7.7 km
- Camping Domaine des Cèdres8.3 km
- The Harry Bronfman Y Country Camp8.6 km
- Camping Vendée6.1 km
- La Sovageonne8 km
- Parc-en-ciel7.9 km
- Bibliothèque de Vendée6 km
- Refuges du Lac Démêlé6.3 km
- Restaurant Le Villageois7.7 km
Villages and areas: Vendée (6.4 km), Brébeuf (7.8 km), Rockway Valley (9.4 km), Lac-Cameron (9.5 km)
10 km to 20 km
Villages and areas: Lac-à-la-Loutre (11 km), Lac-des-Plages (11 km), Patelin-Leroux (11 km), Lac-Simon (12 km), Crystal Falls (12 km), La Conception (13 km), Gray Valley (13 km), Huberdeau (13 km)
Upcoming events
We don't have an events calendar for Amherst yet. Festivals, markets and shows will be added here. In the meantime, see the website of the municipality.
Villages, hamlets and areas of Amherst
History and growth
- 1887Founded (date according to Wikidata)
- March 9, 1887Incorporation as canton
- January 2, 1993Annexation of part of: La Conception (26 residents), Labelle (76 residents), Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk (24 residents)
- June 1, 1996Annexation of part of: Boileau (63 residents)
- December 5, 1998Part of the territory ceded to: Lac-des-Plages
Photos and stories about Amherst
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Sources
- Commission de toponymie du Québec (CC BY 4.0). Commission de toponymie du Québec, via Données Québec, CC BY 4.0.
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Données GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0.
- OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). © les contributeurs d'OpenStreetMap, ODbL.
- Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (MAMH) (CC BY 4.0). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation, via Données Québec.
- Statistique Canada (Licence du gouvernement ouvert – Canada). Contient des données de Statistique Canada.
- Système d'information touristique Québec (ministère du Tourisme) (CC BY 4.0). Ministère du Tourisme du Québec, SIT Québec, via Données Québec, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Données Wikidata (CC0).