Saint-Léon-le-Grand is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.

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Saint-Léon-le-Grand
Parish municipality
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Saint-Léon-le-Grand Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°23′N 67°30′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	La Matapédia
Settled	1896
Constituted	August 12, 1903
Named for	Pope Leo I[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Steve Lamontagne
• Federal riding	Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
Area [2][3]
• Total	128.50 km2 (49.61 sq mi)
• Land	128.26 km2 (49.52 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	968
• Density	7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.6%
• Dwellings	447
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0J 2W0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 195
Website	www.saintleon legrand.com

Geography

Saint-Léon-le-Grand is located on the southern slope of the St. Lawrence River, 430 km northeast of Quebec City and 110 km southeast of Rimouski. Important towns near Saint-Léon-le-Grand are Amqui at 12 km and Lac-au-Saumon at 16 km to the east. Causapscal at 27 km to the east as well as Sayabec at 33 km to the north. Saint-Léon-le-Grand is located on Route 195 halfway between Amqui and Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui. The territory of Saint-Léon-le-Grand covers an area of 127 km2. Most of this territory is mountainous and covered with forests.

The municipality of Saint-Léon-le-Grand is located in the regional county municipality (RCM) of La Matapédia in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent. The eponymous parish of Saint-Léon-le-Grand is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rimouski and, more specifically, in the pastoral region of La Matapédia. Saint-Léon-le-Grand is part of the Gaspésie tourist region in the Matapédia Valley tourist sub-region.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Léon-le-Grand had a population of 968 living in 420 of its 447 total private dwellings, a change of 1.6% from its 2016 population of 953. With a land area of 128.26 km² (49.52 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.5/km² (19.5/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

See also

• List of parish municipalities in Quebec

References

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