Saint-Cléophas
Saint-Cléophas | |
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| Motto: Freedom, Love, Work | |
Location within La Matapédia RCM. | |
Saint-Cléophas Location in eastern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 48°29′N 67°45′W / 48.483°N 67.750°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Matapédia |
| Settled | 1908 |
| Constituted | May 19, 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Paul Bélanger |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski—La Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
• Total | 97.70 km2 (37.72 sq mi) |
| • Land | 97.22 km2 (37.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 321 |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 3.6% |
| • Dwellings | 159 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
Saint-Cléophas is a Parish municipality in the regional county municipality of La Matapédia in Quebec (Canada), situated in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent.
The name chosen for the parish during the municipal erection in 1921, highlights the work of Father Joseph Cleophas Saindon (1866-1941), a priest of the neighbouring parish of Saint-Nom-de-Marie-de-Sayabec from 1896 to 1941, serving the parish from 1918. It is also named in honour of Saint Cleophas.