Grosses-Roches Explained

Grosses-Roches
Flag Size:120x80px
Pushpin Map:Canada Eastern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates:48.9333°N -77°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:mid 19th century
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:August 19, 1939
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Bruno Fournier
Area Total Km2:63.95
Area Land Km2:63.59
Population Total:375
Population Density Km2:5.9
Population Blank1 Title:Pop (2016-21)
Population Blank1: 4.8%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:261
Utc Offset:−5
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Blank Name:Highways

Grosses-Roches is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.

History

Settlement began in the mid-19th century and the place was called Grosses-Roches (French for "big rocks"), referring to a large number of small, rounded, brownish rocks. In 1870, the parish of Saints-Sept-Frères was founded. In 1881, the post office opened.

On August 19, 1939, the Municipality of Grosses-Roches was formed when it ceded from the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Félicité.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grosses-Roches had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 63.59km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Government

List of former mayors:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire des entités géopolitiques: Grosses-Roches (municipalité) 19.8.1939 - ... . www.mairesduquebec.com . Institut généalogique Drouin . 4 September 2024.