Rogersville, New Brunswick

Rogersville is a Canadian village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, built around the Intersection of New Brunswick Route 126 and New Brunswick Route 440.

This article is about the village. For the civil parish, local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Rogersville Parish, New Brunswick.
Rogersville
Village
Rogersville in 1910
Rogersville
The location of Rogersville within New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46.73472°N 65.42938°W / 46.73472; -65.42938
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyNorthumberland County
IncorporatedNovember 9, 1966
Area
[1]
 • Total7.20 km2 (2.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,166
 • Density161.9/km2 (419/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−3 (ADT)
Area code(s)506

History
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Northumberland County, New Brunswick

The village is named in honour of the Roman Catholic Bishop, the Most Reverend James Rogers, late Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick. Rogersville is the home of two Trappist (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) monasteries, Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Abbey (Our Lady of the Assumption Abbey for women) and Notre Dame du Calvaire Abbey (Our Lady of Calvary Abbey for men).

It is also the burial place of the man considered the Father of Modern Acadia—(Bishop) Monseigneur Marcel-Francois Richard, and the site of a monument containing his sarcophagus.

Present day

It is served by Via Rail's train the Ocean which stops at the Rogersville railway station.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rogersville had a population of 1,193 living in 544 of its 576 total private dwellings, a change of 2.3% from its 2016 population of 1,166. With a land area of 7.19 km2 (2.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 165.9/km2 (429.7/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

Places of note

Border communities

Notable people
Main article: List of people from Northumberland County, New Brunswick

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rogersville, Village [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  3. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

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