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Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon is a municipality in the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon | |
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Town hall of St-Gabriel-de-Brandon | |
Motto(s): Chez nous vous êtes chez vous (English: With us you are at home) | |
![]() Location within D'Autray RCM | |
Coordinates: 46°16′N 73°23′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Lanaudière |
RCM | D'Autray |
Settled | 1825 |
Constituted | June 30, 1864 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Roch Desrosiers |
• Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé |
• Prov. riding | Berthier |
Area | |
• Total | 100.40 km2 (38.76 sq mi) |
• Land | 99.23 km2 (38.31 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 2,684 |
• Density | 27.0/km2 (70/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,585 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() |
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]
Population trend:[6]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,304 (total dwellings: 1,585)
Mother tongue:
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The Commission scolaire des Samares operates francophone public schools:
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
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