Roxton Falls, Quebec

Roxton Falls is a village municipality in Acton Regional County Municipality, in the Canadian province of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,265.It is surrounded entirely by the township municipality of Roxton. Roxton Falls and Roxton are legally distinct municipalities (with separate elected officials), but the administration of both is physically located in the village of Roxton Falls.Roxton Falls has only a few hundred more people than Roxton, but is concentrated in a much smaller geographic area. It is highlighted by a split on the Black River which surrounds a small island, causing two nine meters falls.HistoryThe first mayor of Roxton Falls, from 1863 was John Wood, a leather tanner who had moved to that area in 1851. He was mayor until 1880, followed by Joseph Lafontaine.DemographicsPopulationPopulation trend:LanguageMother tongue language (2006)