Grosses-Roches () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Quebec
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, 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.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, 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 , it had a population density of in 2021.
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Government
List of former mayors:
* Victoire Marin (...–2013)
* André Morin (2013–2017)
* Victoire Marin (2017–2021)
* Jonathan Massé (2021–2024)
* Bruno Fournier (2024–present)
See also
* List of municipalities in Quebec
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Incorporated places in Bas-Saint-Laurent
Municipalities in Quebec