Saint-Cyprien, Bas-Saint-Laurent Explained

Saint-Cyprien
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Eastern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates:47.9°N -70°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Bas-Saint-Laurent
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Rivière-du-Loup
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 1883
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Michel Lagacé
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Montmagny—L'Islet—
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area Total Km2:140.00
Area Land Km2:138.43
Population Total:1078
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:7.8
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 1.1%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:502
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G0L 2P0
Area Code:418 and 581
Blank Name:Highways
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Saint-Cyprien (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ sipʁijɛ̃/) is a municipality in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.

History

It 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.

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