Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage

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

Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Parish municipality
Church of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Location within La Mitis RCM
St-Joseph-de-Lepage
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48.5757865°N 68.1721856°W / 48.5757865; -68.1721856[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Mitis
ConstitutedSeptember 29, 1873
Government
 • MayorRéginald Morissette
 • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
 • Total32.00 km2 (12.36 sq mi)
 • Land30.44 km2 (11.75 sq mi)
Population
 • Total527
 • Density17.3/km2 (45/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 3.3%
 • Dwellings
261
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G5H 3N8
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 132
Websitewww.municipalite.saint-joseph-de-lepage.qc.ca

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.

See also

References
  1. Reference number 56995 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 09070 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2409070) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. fr:Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage



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