Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage

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Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Parish municipality
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St-Joseph-de-Lepage
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°34′33″N68°10′20″W / 48.5757865°N 68.1721856°W / 48.5757865; -68.1721856 Coordinates: 48°34′33″N68°10′20″W / 48.5757865°N 68.1721856°W / 48.5757865; -68.1721856 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM La Mitis
ConstitutedSeptember 29, 1873
Government
[2]
 • MayorRéginald Morissette
 •  Federal riding Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 •  Prov. riding Matane-Matapédia
Area
[2] [3]
 • Total32.00 km2 (12.36 sq mi)
 • Land30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
 • Total590
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase2.svg 12.8%
 • Dwellings
260
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G5H 3N8
Area code(s) 418 and 581
HighwaysQc132.svg Route 132
Website www.municipalite.saint-joseph-de-lepage.qc.ca

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.

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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.

Demographics

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

Population trend: [6]

Private dwellings (occupied by usual residents): 223

Languages:

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References

  1. ↑ "Reference number 56995 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Geographic code 09070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Paroisse (Municipalité de) (PE) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ↑ fr:Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
  5. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census



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