L'Épiphanie, Quebec (town)
L'Épiphanie is a town in Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada. It has about 4,000 inhabitants and was 150 years old in 2004. Its most famous resident is Ghyslain Dufresne, the guitarist from comic duo Crampe en masse.
L'Épiphanie | |
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City | |
_Quebec_location_diagram.png) Location within L'Assomption RCM. | |
  L'Épiphanie Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′N 73°29′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Lanaudière |
| RCM | L'Assomption |
| Constituted | June 30, 1967 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Benoit Verstraete |
| • Federal riding | Montcalm |
| • Prov. riding | L'Assomption |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2.26 km2 (0.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 5,353 |
| • Density | 2,367.9/km2 (6,133/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006–2011 |  |
| • Dwellings | 2,110 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | J5X |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |   |
| Website | www |
On May 23, 2018, the town was enlarged when the Parish Municipality of L'Épiphanie was added to it.[4]
See also
- List of cities in Quebec
References
- Reference number 35560 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- "L'Épiphanie". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- Statistics Canada 2011 Census - L'Épiphanie census profile
- "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec" (PDF). Institut de la statistique du Québec. May 2018. ISSN 1715-6408. Retrieved 30 September 2019. Cite journal requires
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