Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Quebec
| Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage | |
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| Parish municipality | |
Church of Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
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 Location within La Mitis RCM |
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 St-Joseph-de-Lepage
Location in eastern Quebec
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| Coordinates: 48°35′N 68°10′W / 48.58°N 68.17°WCoordinates: 48°35′N 68°10′W / 48.58°N 68.17°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Mitis |
| Constituted | September 29, 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Réginald Morissette |
| • Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.00 km2 (12.36 sq mi) |
| • Land | 30.44 km2 (11.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 527 |
| • Density | 17.3/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 3.3% |
| • Dwellings | 261 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G5H 3N8 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 132
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| Website | www |
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage 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 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.
The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Archdiocese of Rimouski.
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