Sainte-Rose-de-Watford, Quebec

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.

Sainte-Rose-de-Watford
Municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Sainte-Rose-de-Watford is located in Southern Quebec
Sainte-Rose-de-Watford
Sainte-Rose-de-Watford
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°19′N 70°25′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedNovember 17, 1897
Government
[2]
 • MayorJean Bernier
 • Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
[2][3]
 • Total115.70 km2 (44.67 sq mi)
 • Land115.50 km2 (44.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total787
 • Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 4.9%
 • Dwellings
414
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 4G0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-204
R-277
Websitewww.sainterose
dewatford.qc.ca

References
  1. "Reference number 56387 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 28030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Sainte-Rose-de-Watford, Quebec (Code 2428030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.



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