Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley
Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley is a municipality in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada.
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley | |
|---|---|
 Entrance of Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley | |
 Location within Memphrémagog RCM | |
  Ste-Catherine-de-Hatley Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°15′N 72°03′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Memphrémagog |
| Constituted | March 28, 1901 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jacques Demers |
| • Federal riding | Compton—Stanstead |
| • Prov. riding | Orford |
| Area | |
| • Total | 99.20 km2 (38.30 sq mi) |
| • Land | 86.34 km2 (33.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 2,741 |
| • Density | 31.7/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  10.6% |
| • Dwellings | 1,429 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
Highways  A-55 |  R-108  R-141  R-216 |
| Website | www |
Located along Quebec Route 108 on Little Lake Magog, it is the home of the "Marais" birdwatching sanctuary, the Eglise Sainte Catherine de Hatley, as well as the Dominique Savio primary School.[citation needed]
The place was previously known as "Katevale".
"Originally, a mission was established in 1845 under the name of Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley and was canonically erected in 1890. Subsequently, a municipality of the same name was created in 1901".[5]
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley is located 10 km south of Sherbrooke and 10 km east of Magog, between the southeast shore of lake Magog and the west shore of lake Massawippi.
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley includes a church, a cemetery, a community hall, two lakes (in part), Île du Marais, an inn-restaurant, a convenience store, a canteen, a butcher, a campsite, a horticulture center, a dog park, a theater, an antique dealer, a credit union, a primary school, a town hall as well as several tourist and recreational facilities.
- Piggery Theatre
- Arthur Russell Virgin
- List of municipalities in Quebec
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