| Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon | |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.2333°N -98°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | October 7, 1897 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Denis Gamelin |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.30 |
| Area Land Km2: | 15.34 |
| Area Note: | There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources. |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 254 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 16.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 11.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 112 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon is a municipality in D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Before 1997 it was known simply as Saint-Cléophas.
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 (1827-1896), archbishop of Montreal, to honour Cléophas Beausoleil (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.[2]
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 region. The "Brandon" part refers to the geographic township of Brandon within which it is located.[2]
Inserted between Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon to the north and Saint-Norbert to the east, between the edge of the Laurentians and Saint-Félix-de-Valois, along the Bayonne River, Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon is characterized by a landscape of hills and plains.
Population trend:[3]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 105 (total dwellings: 112)
Mother tongue:
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: