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[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Mitis |
| Constituted | September 29, 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Magella Roussel |
| • Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.00 km2 (12.36 sq mi) |
| • Land | 30.98 km2 (11.96 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 590 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  12.8% |
| • Dwellings | 260 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-132 |
| 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.[4]
The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Archdiocese of Rimouski.
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