Val-Brillant
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Val-Brillant
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| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Vue du lac Matapédia et de Val-Brillant.JPG
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| image_map = Val-Brillant Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within La Matapédia RCM.
| pushpin_map = Canada Eastern Quebec
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| pushpin_label =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in eastern Quebec.
| coordinates = {{coord|48|32|N|67|33|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Bas-Saint-Laurent
| subdivision_type3 = RCM
| subdivision_name3 = La Matapédia
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1872
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = December 20, 1986
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Jacques Pelletier
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Rimouski—La Matapédia
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = Matane-Matapédia
| area_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Val-brillant&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052407080|title = Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Val-Brillant, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec|date = 9 February 2022}}
| area_total_km2 = 90.90
| area_land_km2 = 77.90
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| population_total = 899
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2= 11.5
| population_blank1_title= Pop 2016-2021
| population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 3%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 504
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| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
| postal_code = G0J 3L0
| area_code = 418 and 581
| blank_name = Highways
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| website = {{URL|www.valbrillant.ca}}
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Val-Brillant ({{IPA|fr|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).{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=181006 |title=Val-Brillant (Municipalité) |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |access-date=2012-01-26 |language=fr}}
History
Originally Mi'kmaq territory, the area was granted as a seignory by Louis de Buade de Frontenac to Charles-Nicolas-Joseph D’Amours in 1694. D'Amours died in 1728 and none of his descendants claimed the rights to the seignory. So it remained a remote and undeveloped land until the 19th century. In 1830 construction began on the Kempt Road, a strategic military road between Quebec and the Maritimes, completed in 1833. An inn serving postilions and travellers along the road operated there from 1867 to 1876.{{cite web |url=http://www.valbrillant.ca/val-brillant/history |title=Historique |publisher=Municipalité de Val-Brillant |access-date=2012-01-26 |language=fr}}
European settlement began in 1872 during the construction of the Intercolonial Railway. Supervisor Engineer Peter Grant built for himself a house that also accommodated the railway employees for many years. In 1876, the railway was completed and on July 1 the first train passed through. In 1881, the post office opened, and two years later, the Mission of Saint-Pierre-du-Lac was established, named in honour of Pierre Brillant. In 1890, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Pierre-du-Lac was founded. By 1898, it had a population of 1600 people.
In 1915, the main population centre separated from the parish municipality and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Saint-Pierre-du-Lac, but renamed one year later to Val-Brillant.
In 1986, the Village Municipality of Val-Brillant and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Pierre-du-Lac were rejoined in the current Municipality of Val-Brillant.
Demographics
{{Historical populations
|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Val-Brillant, Quebec
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|cols = 2
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|footnote =
|source = Statistics Canada
| 1991 |1024
| 1996 |1040
| 2001 |997
| 2006 |1003
| 2011 |955
| 2016 |927
| 2021 |899
}}
{{Canada census
|location=
|2021_population=899 |2021_pop_delta=-3 |2021_land_area=77.90 |2021_pop_density=11.5
|2021_median_age=47.6 |2021_median_age_m=46.8 |2021_median_age_f=48
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=504 |2021_mean_hh_income=66,000 |2021_access_date=2022-11-02
|2016_population=927 |2016_pop_delta=-2.9 |2016_land_area=78.04 |2016_pop_density=11.9
|2016_median_age=49.5 |2016_median_age_m=48.5 |2016_median_age_f=51.5
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=497 |2016_mean_hh_income=50,688 |2016_access_date=2022-11-02
|2011_population=955 |2011_pop_delta=-4.8 |2011_land_area=77.60 |2011_pop_density=12.3
|2011_median_age=48.7 |2011_median_age_m=47.2 |2011_median_age_f=49.8
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=501 |2011_mean_hh_income=54,478 |2011_access_date=2014-01-29
|2006_population=1,003 | 2006_pop_delta=+0.6 | 2006_land_area=77.60 | 2006_pop_density=12.9
|2006_median_age=45.6 | 2006_median_age_m=43.8 | 2006_median_age_f=46.9
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=493 | 2006_mean_hh_income=43,730 | 2006_access_date=2012-01-26
|2001_population=997 | 2001_pop_delta=-4.1 | 2001_land_area=77.59 | 2001_pop_density=12.8
|2001_median_age=40.8 | 2001_median_age_m=40.0 | 2001_median_age_f=41.9
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=488 | 2001_mean_hh_income=38,330 | 2001_access_date=2012-01-26
|notes= Population in 1996: 1,040{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/info/census96.cfm |title=Electronic Area Profiles |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=Canada 1996 Census |access-date=2013-05-12}} (+1.6% from 1991) - Population in 1991: 1,024
}}
Mother tongue:{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052407080&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Val-brillant |title=Val-Brillant community profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2021 Census data |date=9 February 2022 |accessdate=2022-11-02}}
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 99.4%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0.6%
Government
=Municipal council=
- Mayor: Jacques Pelletier
- Councillors: Stevens Pelletier, Maxime Tremblay, Geneviève Leblanc, Johanne D'Amours, Richard Turgeon, Denis Couture
List of former mayors:
- Marc-André Turcotte (2001–2005)
- Marc Bélanger (2005–2009)
- Donald Malenfant (2009–2013)
- Jacques Pelletier (2013–present)
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www2.bnquebec.ca/cargeo/htm/z105.htm Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec] - Cedar Hall {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.infogaspesie.com/ville.php?Gaspesie=ValBrillant&Voyage= Info Gaspésie] - Val-Brillant
{{Commons category|Val-Brillant}}
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Val-Brillant
| North =
| Northeast = Lac-Matapédia
| East =
| Southeast = Amqui
| South = Sainte-Irène
| Southwest = Saint-Cléophas
| West =
| Northwest = Sayabec
}}
{{La Matapédia RCM|state=expanded}}
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Category:Municipalities in Quebec
Category:Incorporated places in Bas-Saint-Laurent