Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage | |
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Church of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage | |
Location within La Mitis RCM | |
St-Joseph-de-Lepage Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 48°34′33″N 68°10′20″W / 48.5757865°N 68.1721856°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Mitis |
| Constituted | September 29, 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Magella Roussel |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski—La Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.00 km2 (12.36 sq mi) |
| • Land | 30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 590 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 12.8% |
| • Dwellings | 260 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-132 |
| Website | www |
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒozɛf də ləpaʒ]) 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, the latter of 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 governing authority in the area. Its 500 residents work largely in agriculture and forestry.
The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Archdiocese of Rimouski.