Sainte-Rose-de-Watford, Quebec

Sainte-Rose-de-Watford
Municipality

Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Sainte-Rose-de-Watford

Location in southern Quebec.

Coordinates: 46°19′N 70°25′W / 46.317°N 70.417°WCoordinates: 46°19′N 70°25′W / 46.317°N 70.417°W[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Les Etchemins
Constituted November 17, 1897
Government[2]
  Mayor Hector Provençal
  Federal riding Lévis—Bellechasse
  Prov. riding Bellechasse
Area[2][3]
  Total 115.70 km2 (44.67 sq mi)
  Land 115.50 km2 (44.59 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 787
  Density 6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Increase 4.9%
  Dwellings 414
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0R 4G0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 204
Route 277
Website www.sainterose
dewatford.qc.ca

Sainte-Rose-de-Watford is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 747 as of 2009. It is named after Rose of Lima, the first Catholic saint of the Americas and Watford, a town in Hertfordshire, England.

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