Saint-Épiphane

Saint-Épiphane (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿epifan]) is a municipality in Quebec in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent and the regional county municipality of Rivière-du-Loup.

Saint-Épiphane
Municipality
Village of Saint-Épiphane
Location within Rivière-du-Loup RCM.
Saint-Épiphane Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°54′N 69°20′W / 47.900°N 69.333°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Rivière-du-Loup
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2]
• Mayor	Rachelle Caron
• Federal riding	Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
• Prov. riding	Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area [2][3]
• Total	82.20 km2 (31.74 sq mi)
• Land	82.85 km2 (31.99 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	836
• Density	10.1/km2 (26/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.1%
• Dwellings	390
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0L 2X0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-291
Website	www.saint-epiphane.ca

It was in 1840 that the first settlers, most of whom came from Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Arsène and Isle-Verte, settled on the territory of the future municipality. As early as 1842, a mission provided religious assistance to the few inhabitants, who founded a parish under the name of Saint-Épiphane in 1863, canonically erected in 1870.

In 1855, the municipality of Viger was officially created, named after Denis-Benjamin Viger (1774–1861). In 1873, Viger lost a small part of its territory for the creation of the municipality of Saint-François-Xavier (which would be dissolved in 1892). In 1894 Viger would change its name to the current Saint-Épiphane.

In 1950, Saint-Épiphane lost another small part of its territory when Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger was created. In 1991, Saint-Épiphane updated its status from a parish municipality to become a regular municipality.

In the past, the Wolastoqiyik, Amerindians close to the Mi'kmaq, lived on a reserve near Saint-Épiphane.

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