Sainte-Rose-du-Nord is a village on the north shore of the

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, Canada. The site was known, from 1801 to 1933, as La Descente-des-Femmes.

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women awaited the return of the men from fishing, and would meet them by descending from the heights to the shore. The

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of the parish,

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, chosen for reasons unknown, was the first saint

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in the

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. The specifier -du-Nord was added in 1933, when the post office was established. Residents are known as Roserains. The parish was first established in 1838. The economy is based primarily on tourism. The village is a member of the Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec. There has been some agriculture and logging. Formerly, wood was floated from the warf to

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s. Today, many residents work in

Chicoutimi Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...

35 km up river to the west. The site is on the north shore of the Saguenay River. The site is in a cove with a wharf. The village is set back from the river, on hilly terrain. It is a

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in the

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality. It is named for the ...

within the region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. Anse Théophile, Sainte-Rose-du-Nord, Québec

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Sainte-Rose-du-Nord 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.

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Demographics

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