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.
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
 • MayorHector Provençal
 • Federal ridingLévis—Bellechasse
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
 • 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
 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 Route 204
Route 277
Websitewww.sainterose
dewatford.qc.ca

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



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