Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire () 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 the

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, located in the

Abitibi Regional County Municipality Abitibi Regional County Municipality () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The seat is Amos. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Amos ;Municipalities (10 ...

in the

Abitibi-Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 147,082 people as of the 2021 cens ...

region. It is part of the

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Amos Amos or AMOS may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Amos'' (album), an album by Michael Ray * Amos (band), an American Christian rock band * ''Amos'' (film), a 1985 American made-for-television drama film * Amos (guitar), a 1958 Gibson Fl ...

. The municipality owes its name to Monsignor Élie-Anicet Latulipe, who wished to place the parish under the protection of the founder of the

Dominican order The Order of Preachers (, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic Church, Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilians, Castilian priest named Saint Dominic, Dominic de Gu ...

, Domingo de Guzmán. This saint also popularised devotion to the rosary, an aspect that fully explains the municipality's name.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire 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. The municipality had a population of 434 in the

2021 Canadian Census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic ...

. As of the 2021 census, mother tongues spoken are: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 100% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

Government

Municipal council (as of Nov. 2023): * Mayor: Christian Legault * Councillors: Nicholas Paradis-Naud, Michelle St-Laurent, Christiane Vaillancourt, Gilles Audet, Pierrette Morin, Pascal Hétu

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue {{AbitibiTémiscamingue-geo-stub