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°W / 46.317; -70.417Coordinates: 46°19′N 70°25′W / 46.317°N 70.417°W / 46.317; -70.417[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.

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 56387 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 28030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2428030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.


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