Sainte-Rose-de-Watford is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in

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. It is part of the

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...

region and the population is 747 as of 2009. It is named after

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, the first Catholic saint of the

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, a town in

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References

Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

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