Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Quebec

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Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
Municipality
Location within D'Autray RCM
Location within D'Autray RCM
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon is located in Central Quebec
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
Location in central Quebec
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Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Lanaudière
RCM D'Autray
Settled 1825
Constituted June 30, 1864
Government[2]
 • Mayor Roch Desrosiers
 • Federal riding Berthier—Maskinongé
 • Prov. riding Berthier
Area[2][3]
 • Total 100.40 km2 (38.76 sq mi)
 • Land 99.91 km2 (38.58 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 2,679
 • Density 26.8/km2 (69/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.3%
 • Dwellings 1,598
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0K 2N0
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 347
Route 348

Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon is a municipality in the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.

History

The first settlers, mostly Irish and Scottish Loyalists, came around 1825 to the shores of Lake Maskinongé, where they formed a community that was known as Lake Maskinongé Settlement by 1827, and later as the Mission of Lac-Maskinongé. In 1837, the name Saint-Gabriel-du-Lac-Maskinongé came in use but was changed to Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1840. This name refers to the angel Gabriel and the geographic township of Brandon that was proclaimed in 1827 and in which it is located.[1]

In 1851, the Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon was founded and the post office opened that same year. In 1855, the parish municipality was established with the same name.[1]

In 1892, the main settlement on Lake Maskinongé separated from the parish municipality and became the Village Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (now known as the Town of Saint-Gabriel).[4]

On June 14, 2014, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon changed from parish municipality to a (regular) municipality.[5]

Demographics

Population trend:[6]

  • Population in 2011: 2679 (2006 to 2011 population change: -4.3 %)
  • Population in 2006: 2800
  • Population in 2001: 2590
  • Population in 1996: 2608
  • Population in 1991: 2161

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1181 (total dwellings: 1598)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 0.9%
  • French as first language: 97.5%
  • English and French as first language: 0.7%
  • Other as first language: 0.9%

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 52085 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon census profile
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links

Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Saint-Damien Saint-Gabriel, Mandeville Saint-Didace
Saint-Jean-de-Matha Saint-Barthélemy
  Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon  
Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Saint-Norbert Saint-Cuthbert
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