Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac
Parish municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac | |
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 Location within Mékinac RCM. | |
  Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°49′N 72°46′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Mékinac |
| Constituted | November 2, 1905 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Guy Dessureault |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 155.50 km2 (60.04 sq mi) |
| • Land | 145.11 km2 (56.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 302 |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011-2016 |  31.1% |
| • Dwellings | 293 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-155  R-159 |
| Website | www.stroch demekinac.com |
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.
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.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac had a population of 304 living in 174 of its 295 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 302. With a land area of 144.52 km2 (55.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
| 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 | – | – |
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 98.4%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
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