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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
Municipality
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 [2][3]
• Mayor	Jacques Demers
• Federal riding	Compton—Stanstead
• Prov. riding	Orford
Area [2][4]
• 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)	J0B 1W0
Area code	819
Highways A-55	Route 108 Route 141 Route 216
Website	www.sainte-catherine-de-hatley.ca

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]}

Geography

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.

Establishments

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.

The Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley Auberge (restaurant) located opposite the church is known for its Sunday brunches and the dining room's view of Mont-Orford.^{[citation needed]}

Le Manoir aux mystères is a restaurant located directly in the center of the village, diagonal from the church.^{[citation needed]}

Toponymy

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]

See also

• Piggery Theatre
• Arthur Russell Virgin
• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

• Media related to Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley at Wikimedia Commons

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