Country Canada Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area code(s) 450 and 579 Local time Thursday 11:13 AM Province Québec | Constituted January 1, 1863 Postal code(s) J0H 1E0 Area 5.1 km² Population 1,265 (2011) | |
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Highways Route 139
Route 222
Route 241 Weather -7°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 43% Humidity RCMs Acton Regional County Municipality, Montérégie | ||
Roxton Falls is a village municipality in Acton Regional County Municipality, in the Canadian province of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,265.
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Map of Roxton Falls, QC, Canada
It is surrounded entirely by the township municipality of Roxton. Roxton Falls and Roxton are legally distinct municipalities (with separate elected officials), but the administration of both is physically located in the village of Roxton Falls.
Roxton Falls has only a few hundred more people than Roxton, but is concentrated in a much smaller geographic area.
History
The first mayor of Roxton Falls, from 1863 was John Wood, a leather tanner who had moved to that area in 1851. He was mayor until 1880, followed by Joseph Lafontaine.
Population
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Language
Mother tongue language (2006)
References
Roxton Falls, Quebec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA