Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine () is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in

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. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,018 as of 2009. It is named after

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, father of

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, and the town of

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, No ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Joseph-De-Coleraine, Quebec Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches