Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon | |
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![]() Location within D'Autray RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°14′N 73°25′W / 46.233°N 73.417°W [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Lanaudière |
RCM | D'Autray |
Constituted | October 7, 1897 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Denis Gamelin |
• Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé |
• Prov. riding | Berthier |
Area | |
• Total | 15.30 km2 (5.91 sq mi) |
• Land | 15.34 km2 (5.92 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources. | |
Population (2021)
[3] | |
• Total | 254 |
• Density | 16.6/km2 (43/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 112 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website |
www |
Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon is a municipality in D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Before 1997 it was known simply as Saint-Cléophas.
In 1897, the Parish of Saint-Cléophas was formed when it separated from the parish of Saint-Félix-de-Valois. It seems that the name of Saint Cléophas was suggested by Édouard-Charles Fabre (1827-1896), archbishop of Montreal, to honour Cléophas Beausoleil (1845-1904), who was House of Commons member for Berthier from 1887 to 1899. That same year, its post office opened and a year later the Parish Municipality of Saint-Cléophas was established. [1]
In 1997, the parish municipality changed status to municipality and changed its name to Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon in order to distinguish it from a namesake municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. The "Brandon" part refers to the geographic township of Brandon within which it is located. [1]
Inserted between Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon to the north and Saint-Norbert to the east, between the edge of the Laurentians and Saint-Félix-de-Valois, along the Bayonne River, Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon is characterized by a landscape of hills and plains.
Population trend: [4]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 105 (total dwellings: 112)
Mother tongue:
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The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon | |
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![]() | |
![]() Location within D'Autray RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°14′N 73°25′W / 46.233°N 73.417°W [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Lanaudière |
RCM | D'Autray |
Constituted | October 7, 1897 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Denis Gamelin |
• Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé |
• Prov. riding | Berthier |
Area | |
• Total | 15.30 km2 (5.91 sq mi) |
• Land | 15.34 km2 (5.92 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources. | |
Population (2021)
[3] | |
• Total | 254 |
• Density | 16.6/km2 (43/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 112 |
Time zone | UTC−5 ( EST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−4 ( EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() |
Website |
www |
Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon is a municipality in D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Before 1997 it was known simply as Saint-Cléophas.
In 1897, the Parish of Saint-Cléophas was formed when it separated from the parish of Saint-Félix-de-Valois. It seems that the name of Saint Cléophas was suggested by Édouard-Charles Fabre (1827-1896), archbishop of Montreal, to honour Cléophas Beausoleil (1845-1904), who was House of Commons member for Berthier from 1887 to 1899. That same year, its post office opened and a year later the Parish Municipality of Saint-Cléophas was established. [1]
In 1997, the parish municipality changed status to municipality and changed its name to Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon in order to distinguish it from a namesake municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. The "Brandon" part refers to the geographic township of Brandon within which it is located. [1]
Inserted between Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon to the north and Saint-Norbert to the east, between the edge of the Laurentians and Saint-Félix-de-Valois, along the Bayonne River, Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon is characterized by a landscape of hills and plains.
Population trend: [4]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 105 (total dwellings: 112)
Mother tongue:
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (September 2017) |
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: