Country Canada Time zone EST (UTC−5) Highways Route 155
Route 159 Local time Tuesday 8:14 PM Province Québec | Constituted November 2, 1905 Postal code(s) G0X 2E0 Area 155.5 km² Population 438 (2011) Area code 819 | |
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Website www.stroch
demekinac.com Weather 3°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 90% Humidity RCMs Mauricie, Mékinac Regional County Municipality | ||
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.
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Map of Saint-Roch-de-M%C3%A9kinac, QC, Canada
Geography
Municipal territory covers both side of Saint-Maurice River. 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
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 227 (total dwellings: 301)
Mother tongue:
References
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac, Quebec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA