Val-Brillant

Val-Brillant
Municipality
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Val-Brillant is located in Eastern Quebec
Val-Brillant
Val-Brillant
Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°32′N 67°33′W / 48.533°N 67.550°W / 48.533; -67.550[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Matapédia
Settled1872
ConstitutedDecember 20, 1986
Government
[2]
 • MayorJacques Pelletier
 • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La
Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
[2][3]
 • Total90.90 km2 (35.10 sq mi)
 • Land77.90 km2 (30.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total899
 • Density11.5/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 3%
 • Dwellings
504
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0J 3L0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-132
Websitewww.valbrillant.ca

Val-Brillant is a municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada, at the base of the Gaspé peninsula. On the southern shores of the Lake Matapedia, Val-Brillant is part of the Matapédia Valley.

The place was previously known by many other names: Lac-Matapédia; Brochu or Brouché, followed by Lac-à-Brochu until 1871 (after Pierre Brochu (1795–1871), the first settler in the valley in what is now Sayabec); McGowe (after an engineer working on the railroad); Cedar Hall from 1876 to 1912 (referring to the large hangar built from pieces of cedar that served as a coal shed for the railway); and Saint-Pierre-du-Lac (in honour of Pierre Brillant (1852–1911), missionary in the Matapedia Valley from 1881 to 1889 and parish priest from 1889 to his death).[1]

  1. ^ a b "Val-Brillant (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  2. ^ a b "Val-Brillant". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  3. ^ "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Val-Brillant, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Val-Brillant, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.