Thetford Mines

Featured view

Thetford Mines

Total population

26,072

Coordinates46.09°, -71.30°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Thetford Mines 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 east-northeast of Montreal and 79 km south of Quebec City. It is known mostly as the asbestos capital of Canada.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Simon Gamache

Canadian ice hockey player

Jean-Marie Beaudet

Canadian musician (1908–1971)

D

Dan Poulin

Canadian professional ice hockey player (1957-2015)

J

Joseph Paul Pierre Morissette

Canadian Catholic bishop

D

Denis Croteau

Canadian Roman Catholic bishop

S

Stéphane Thivierge

Canadian ice hockey player

S

Serge Poudrier

French ice hockey player

André Spénard

Canadian politician

Anick Lemay

Canadian comedian and actress

Armand Vaillancourt

Canadian sculptor and painter (born 1929)

C

Charles-Rafaël Payeur

Canadian catholic priest

Charles E. Caouette

Canadian teacher

Christian Paradis

Canadian politician

Dan Gagnon

Belgian Canadian radio host

F

Fernand Roberge

Canadian engineer

G

G. Yves Landry

Canadian automotive executive

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Quebec

• Pontbriand
  4.9 mi away
• Robertsonville
  5.4 mi away
• Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie
  6.7 mi away
• Vimy-Ridge
  8 mi away
• Saint-Daniel
  8.1 mi away
• Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine
  9.2 mi away
• Broughton Station
  10 mi away
• Saint-Ferdinand
  13.1 mi away
• Disraeli
  13.2 mi away
• East Broughton
  13.8 mi away
• Beaulac-Garthby
  18.2 mi away
• Saint-Jules
  19.2 mi away

Browse all places in Quebec →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Thetford Mines

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers