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 km^2 (44.67 sq mi)
• Land	115.50 km^2 (44.59 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	787
• Density	6.8/km^2 (18/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	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. Geographic code 28030 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2428030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire