Saint-Cyprien (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sipʁijɛ̃]) is a municipality in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Saint-Cyprien | |
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_Quebec_location_diagram.png) Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM | |
  Saint-Cyprien Location in eastern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°54′N 69°01′W / 47.900°N 69.017°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Rivière-du-Loup |
| Constituted | January 1, 1883 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Lagacé |
| • Federal riding | Montmagny—L'Islet— Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
| Area | |
• Total | 140.00 km2 (54.05 sq mi) |
| • Land | 138.43 km2 (53.45 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,078 |
| • Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  1.1% |
| • Dwellings | 502 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-232  R-293 |
| Website | www |
History
editIt was from 1862 that the first settlers began to develop this territory; Most of them came from parishes on the southern coast of the Saint Lawrence (Trois-Pistoles, Saint-Éloi, L'Isle-Verte). The municipality was officially created in 1883 under the name of Hocquart by splitting away from the municipality of Saint-Éloi. Two years later, a large section of Hocquart was taken away to create the municipality of Saint-Clément.
The municipality lost its church in January 1954 in a fire which originated in the furnace system. Two years later, the new church built by corvée came into operation. Five years later, in 1959, Hocquart changed its name to become the current municipality of Saint-Cyprien.
Geography
editSaint-Cyprien is part of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in Quebec and located at the southeastern limit of the Rivière-du-Loup RCM.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 55857". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 12005". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
External links
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