Saint-Épiphane

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Municipality in Quebec, Canada

47°54′N 69°20′W / 47.900°N 69.333°W / 47.900; -69.333^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionBas-Saint-LaurentRCMRivière-du-LoupConstitutedJuly 1, 1855Government

^[2]

• MayorRachelle Caron • Federal riding Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup • Prov. ridingRivière-du-Loup-TémiscouataArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total82.20 km² (31.74 sq mi) • Land82.85 km² (31.99 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total836 • Density10.1/km² (26/sq mi) • Pop 2016-2021

1.1% • Dwellings

390Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0L 2X0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-291Websitewww.saint-epiphane.ca

Saint-Épiphane (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿epifan]) is a municipality in Quebec in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent and the regional county municipality of Rivière-du-Loup.

History

It was in 1840 that the first settlers, most of whom came from Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Arsène and Isle-Verte, settled on the territory of the future municipality. As early as 1842, a mission provided religious assistance to the few inhabitants, who founded a parish under the name of Saint-Épiphane in 1863, canonically erected in 1870.

In 1855, the municipality of Viger was officially created, named after Denis-Benjamin Viger (1774-1861). In 1873, Viger lost a small pa part of it's territory for the creation of the municipality of Saint-François-Xavier (which would be dissolved in 1892). In 1894 Viger would change it's name to the current Saint-Épiphane.

In 1950, Saint-Épiphane lost another small part of it's territory when Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger was created. In 1991, Saint-Épiphane updated it,s status from a parish municipality to become a regular municipality.

In the past, the Wolastoqiyik, Amerindians close to the Mi'kmaq, lived on a reserve near Saint-Épiphane.

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 269413". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 12030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052412030&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Saint-%C9piphane