Sainte-Rose-du-Nord, Quebec explained

Sainte-Rose-du-Nord
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Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map:Canada Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec.
Coordinates:48.3833°N -105°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1838
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 1942
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Laurent Thibeault
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:156.40
Area Land Km2:115.88
Population Total:413
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:3.6
Population Blank1 Title:Pop (2006–11)
Population Blank1: 6.3%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:335
Utc Offset:−5
Utc Offset Dst:−4

Sainte-Rose-du-Nord is a village on the north shore of the Saguenay River in Quebec, Canada.

The site was known, from 1801 to 1933, as La Descente-des-Femmes. Amerindian women awaited the return of the men from fishing, and would meet them by descending from the heights to the shore. The patron saint of the parish, Rose of Lima, chosen for reasons unknown, was the first saint canonised in the New World. The specifier -du-Nord was added in 1933, when the post office was established. Residents are known as Roserains.[3]

The parish was first established in 1838. The economy is based primarily on tourism.[4] The village is a member of the Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec. There has been some agriculture and logging. Formerly, wood was floated from the wharf to paper mills. Today, many residents work in Chicoutimi 35 km up river to the west.[3]

The site is on the north shore of the Saguenay River. The site is in a cove with a wharf. The village is set back from the river, on hilly terrain.[3]

It is a parish municipality in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality within the region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Rose-du-Nord had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 116.61km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]

See also

2009 comedy-drama filmed in Sainte-Rose-du-Nord.

Notes and References

  1. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Sainte-Rose-du-Nord
  2. Web site: Sainte-Rose-du-Nord census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2010-10-27.
  3. Web site: Sainte-Rose-du-Nord . Commission de toponymie Québec . Government of Quebec . 12 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Sainte-Rose-du-Nord . www.ste-rosedunord.qc.ca . 12 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.