Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac is a
parish municipality
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in the
Mékinac Regional County Municipality
Mékinac () is a regional county municipality (MRC) in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Tite. It is composed of 10 municipalities and 4 unorganized territories.
Toponymy
According to th ...
, in administrative region of
Mauricie
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, in the
province
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of
Quebec
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in
Canada
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.
Geography
Municipal territory covers both side of
Saint-Maurice River
The Saint-Maurice River (french: Rivière Saint-Maurice; Atikamekw: ''Tapiskwan sipi'') flows north to south in central Quebec from Gouin Reservoir to empty into the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. F ...
, including a small portion of
La Mauricie National Park
La Mauricie National Park (french: Parc national de la Mauricie) is a national park located near Shawinigan in the Laurentian mountains, in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It covers in the southern Canadian Shield region bordering the Sa ...
. The village of Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac is located at the top of a hill on Eastern side of
Saint-Maurice River
The Saint-Maurice River (french: Rivière Saint-Maurice; Atikamekw: ''Tapiskwan sipi'') flows north to south in central Quebec from Gouin Reservoir to empty into the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. F ...
.
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
The Mékinac river is a located in the RCM Mekinac Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie, the province of Quebec, in Canada. This river of Middle Mauricie has played an important role in the forestry industry at ...
, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac and
Mékinac Lake
The Mékinac Lake is a large lake of freshwater of province of Quebec (Canada), located mainly in the municipality Trois-Rives, in Mekinac Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Ca ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
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%
See also
*
Lake Roberge (Grandes-Piles)
*
Matawin River
References
External links
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Parish municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Mauricie
Mékinac Regional County Municipality