Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac explained

Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac
Settlement Type:Parish municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Central Quebec
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates:46.8167°N -118°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Mauricie
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Mékinac
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:November 2, 1905
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Guy Dessureault
Leader Name2:Laviolette
Area Total Km2:155.50
Area Land Km2:145.11
Population Total:302
Population As Of:2016
Population Density Km2:2.1
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2011-2016
Population Blank1: 31.1%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:293
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G0X 2E0
Area Code:819
Blank Name:Highways
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Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec in Canada.

Geography

Municipal territory covers both side of Saint-Maurice River, including a small portion of La Mauricie National Park. The village of Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac is located at the top of a hill on Eastern side of Saint-Maurice River.

Toponymy

The Saint-Roch parish was named in honour of Roch of Montpellier. The term Mékinac is associated with several homonyms of place names in the sector: Mékinac River, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac and Mékinac Lake.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 144.52km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

Population trend[3] ! Year !! Population !! Variation (%) !! Median age
2016 302 -31,1 % 55,4 years
2011 438 +35,2 % 55,6 years
2006 324 +5,9 %
2001 306 +2,7 %
1996 298 +2,0 %
1991 292
1986
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See also

Notes and References

  1. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.
  3. Données extraites des différents recensements de Statistique Canada et Institut de la statistique du Québec