Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac | |
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Mauricie National Park | |
Location within Mékinac RCM. | |
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°49′N 72°46′W / 46.817°N 72.767°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Mékinac |
| Constituted | November 2, 1905 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rita Dufresne |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette |
| Area | |
• Total | 155.50 km2 (60.04 sq mi) |
| • Land | 144.52 km2 (55.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 304 |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 0.7% |
| • Dwellings | 295 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | R-155 R-159 |
| Website | www.stroch demekinac.com |
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʁɔk də mekinak] ⓘ) is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec in Canada.
The Saint-Roch parish was named in honour of Roch of Montpellier. The term Mékinac is associated with several homonyms of place names in the sector: Mékinac River, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac and Mékinac Lake.