Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

D'Autray Regional County Municipality D'Autray () is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Berthierville. The municipality has a land area of 1,249.30 km2 and its population was 42,189 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census. Its lar ...

in the

Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geogr ...

region of

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, Canada. Before 1997 it was known simply as Saint-Cléophas.

History

In 1897, the Parish of Saint-Cléophas was formed when it separated from the parish of Saint-Félix-de-Valois. It seems that the name of Saint Cléophas was suggested by

Édouard-Charles Fabre Édouard-Charles Fabre (; February 28, 1827 – December 30, 1896) was Bishop of Montréal in 1876 and first Archbishop of Montreal in 1886. Life Fabre was the eldest of 11 children in an important Montreal business family. His father Édou ...

(1827-1896), archbishop of Montreal, to honour

Cléophas Beausoleil Cléophas Beausoleil (June 19, 1845 – October 4, 1904) was a Canadian journalist, publisher, office holder, lawyer, and politician. Born in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East, he was a journalist and lawyer before entering politics as a ...

(1845-1904), who was House of Commons member for Berthier from 1887 to 1899. That same year, its post office opened and a year later the Parish Municipality of Saint-Cléophas was established. In 1997, the parish municipality changed status to municipality and changed its name to Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon in order to distinguish it from a namesake municipality in the

Bas-Saint-Laurent The Bas-Saint-Laurent (, 'Lower Saint-Lawrence) is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlan ...

region. The "Brandon" part refers to the geographic township of Brandon within which it is located.

Geography

Inserted between Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon to the north and

Saint-Norbert Saint-Norbert () is a parish municipality (Quebec), parish municipality in D'Autray Regional County Municipality the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. History The municipality is named after Norbert of Xanten, Saint Norbert of Xanten. The ...

to the east, between the edge of the Laurentians and

Saint-Félix-de-Valois Saint-Félix-de-Valois () is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. Quebec author Réjean Ducharme, recipient of several Governor General's Awards, was born in Saint-Félix ...

, along the Bayonne River, Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon is characterized by a landscape of hills and plains.

Demographics

Population trend: * Population in 2021: 254 (2016 to 2021 population change: 11.9%) * Population in 2016: 227 * Population in 2011: 276 * Population in 2006: 284 * Population in 2001: 285 * Population in 1996: 283 * Population in 1991: 262 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 105 (total dwellings: 112) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 0% * French as first language: 100% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

Education

The

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalg ...

operates anglophone public schools, including: * Joliette Elementary School in

Saint-Charles-Borromée Saint-Charles-Borromée () ( 2021 Population 15,285) is a city in southwest-central Quebec, Canada, on the l'Assomption River. In Joliette Regional County Municipality, Saint-Charles-Borromée has the Maison Antoine-Lacombe, a heritage home tha ...

Joliette High School Joliette High School (JHS, ) is a public anglophone secondary school in Joliette, Quebec. Operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, it is the sole anglophone high school in Lanaudière. , it had about 265 students. Attendance boundary Ar ...

Joliette Joliette () is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of G ...

Joliette High School Zone Sec 1-5
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References

External links

Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon - MRC d'Autray

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Cleophas-de-Brandon, Quebec Incorporated places in Lanaudière Municipalities in Quebec