Thetford Mines

Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines
City
	City centre
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Fervet Opus (Latin); "Hard Work Prevails"
	Location within Les Appalaches RCM
	Thetford Mines Location in province of Quebec
	Coordinates: 46°06′N 71°18′W / 46.1°N 71.3°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Appalaches
Founded	1876
Constituted	October 17, 2001
Government
• Mayor	Marc-Alexandre Brousseau
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Area
• City	227.70 km2 (87.92 sq mi)
• Land	225.97 km2 (87.25 sq mi)
• Urban	15.10 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
• Metro	405.92 km2 (156.73 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• City	26,072
• Density	115.4/km2 (299/sq mi)
• Urban	17,046
• Urban density	1,129.2/km2 (2,925/sq mi)
• Metro	28,287
• Metro density	69.7/km2 (181/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	2.6%
• Dwellings	13,059
Demonym(s)	Thetfordois, Thetfordoises (Fr); Thetforder (EN)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G6G & G6H
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-112 ; R-267 ; R-269 ; R-271
Geocode	24 31084
Website	www.ville.thetfordmines.qc.ca

Thetford Mines (Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 187 km northeast of Montreal and 79 km south of Quebec City.^[5] It is known mostly as the asbestos capital of Canada.^[6]

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