Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage | |
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Coordinates: 48°34′33″N68°10′20″W / 48.5757865°N 68.1721856°W Coordinates: 48°34′33″N68°10′20″W / 48.5757865°N 68.1721856°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | La Mitis |
Constituted | September 29, 1873 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Réginald Morissette |
• Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
• Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
Area | |
• Total | 32.00 km2 (12.36 sq mi) |
• Land | 30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 590 |
• Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 12.8% |
• Dwellings | 260 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | Route 132 |
Website | www |
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
It is located 5 km south-east of Mont-Joli in the Matapédia River Valley. The village is 350 km north east of Québec city and 360 km west of Gaspé. The nearest towns are Mont-Joli, and Rimouski which lies 40 km to the south-east.
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage takes its name from the colonial lordship, the Seigneurie Lepage-et-Thibierge, which was the early governance of the area. Its 500 residents work largely in agriculture and forestry. [4]
The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Archdiocese of Rimouski.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage had a population of 590 living in 223 of its 260 total private dwellings, a change of 12.8% from its 2016 population of 523. With a land area of 30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi), it had a population density of 19.0/km2 (49.3/sq mi) in 2021. [5]
Population trend: [6]
Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 223
Languages:
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