Val-Brillant
Val-Brillant | |
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Location within La Matapédia RCM. | |
| Coordinates: 48°32′N 67°33′W / 48.533°N 67.550°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | La Matapédia |
| Settled | 1872 |
| Constituted | December 20, 1986 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jacques Pelletier |
| • Federal riding | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| • Prov. riding | Matane-Matapédia |
| Area | |
• Total | 90.90 km2 (35.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 77.90 km2 (30.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 899 |
| • Density | 11.5/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 3% |
| • Dwellings | 504 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-132 |
| Website | www |
Val-Brillant (French pronunciation: [val bʁijɑ̃]) is a municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada, at the base of the Gaspé peninsula. On the southern shores of the Lake Matapedia, Val-Brillant is part of the Matapédia Valley.
The place was previously known by many other names: Lac-Matapédia; Brochu or Brouché, followed by Lac-à-Brochu until 1871 (after Pierre Brochu (1795–1871), the first settler in the valley in what is now Sayabec); McGowe (after an engineer working on the railroad); Cedar Hall from 1876 to 1912 (referring to the large hangar built from pieces of cedar that served as a coal shed for the railway); and Saint-Pierre-du-Lac (in honour of Pierre Brillant (1852–1911), missionary in the Matapedia Valley from 1881 to 1889 and parish priest from 1889 to his death).