Chartierville is a small municipality of about 300 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border.
Chartierville
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Location within Le Haut-Saint-François RCM
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  Chartierville Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′N 71°12′W / 45.3°N 71.2°W / 45.3; -71.2[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Le Haut-Saint-François |
| Constituted | January 1, 1879 |
| Named for | Jean-Baptiste Chartier[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Dion |
| • Federal riding | Compton—Stanstead |
| • Prov. riding | Mégantic |
| Area | |
| • Total | 142.60 km2 (55.06 sq mi) |
| • Land | 141.94 km2 (54.80 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 319 |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  15.6% |
| • Dwellings | 231 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-210  R-257 |
| Website | www |
Chartierville is located on Route 257 South. Prior to its founding in 1870 by colonists from Saint-Hyacinthe, gold-seekers flocked to the area. This patch of land, 142 square kilometers (55 square miles) and 505 meters (1657 feet) in altitude, is one of the highest regions in Quebec.
| Climate data for Chartierville | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
15 (59) |
20.5 (68.9) |
28 (82) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31 (88) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
26 (79) |
21 (70) |
15 (59) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
10 (50) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15 (59) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.4 (2.5) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
11.4 (52.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37 (−35) |
−33.3 (−27.9) |
−33 (−27) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
0 (32) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−6 (21) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−25.5 (−13.9) |
−44 (−47) |
−44 (−47) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 110.8 (4.36) |
90.5 (3.56) |
90.2 (3.55) |
93.5 (3.68) |
111.8 (4.40) |
140 (5.5) |
138.1 (5.44) |
134.9 (5.31) |
104.8 (4.13) |
128.2 (5.05) |
108.0 (4.25) |
120.1 (4.73) |
1,370.9 (53.97) |
| Source: Environment Canada[4] | |||||||||||||
A local attraction of interest is Magnetic Hill (Côte Magnétique), a gravity hill.[5]
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