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Encyclopedia > Ascot (Sherbrooke)

Ascot is a former town in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was amalgamated into the city of Sherbrooke in 2002. It is located within the Borough of Mont-Bellevue. Population (2001): 6,908 Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... Downtown Sherbrooke with the Saint-François River in the foreground Sherbrooke (2001 population 75,916, post-merger population 141,200) is a city in south-eastern Quebec, Canada. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


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Sherbrooke (2001 population 75,916, metropolitan population 153,811) is a city in south-eastern Quebec, Canada.
The area of Sherbrooke was first settled in 1796.
The city grew considerably on January 1, 2002, by the mergers of the cities of Sherbrooke, Ascot, Bromptonville, Deauville, Fleurimont, Lennoxville, Rock Forest, and Saint-Élie-d'Orford.
Sherbrooke, Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (482 words)
Sherbrooke (2001 population 75,916, post-merger population 141,200) is a city in south-eastern Quebec, Canada.
The area of Sherbrooke was first settled in 1793 by American Loyalists, including Gilbert Hyatt, a farmer from Schenectady, New York, who built a flour mill in 1802.
The city grew considerably on January 1, 2002, by the mergers of the cities of Sherbrooke, Ascot, Bromptonville, Deauville, Fleurimont, Lennoxville, Rock Forest, and Saint-Élie-d'Orford.
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