Rivière-à-Claude () is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada. In addition to Rivière-à-Claude itself, the municipality also includes the community of Ruisseau-à-Rebours.
History
The first permanent settlers arrived in 1860. The settlement, originally called Duchesnay after senator Édouard-Louis-Antoine-Charles Juchereau Duchesnay (1809-1886), gained a post office in 1879 and grew to 200 persons by 1888. In 1898, the Parish of Saint-Évagre was founded.
In 1923, the place was incorporated as Municipality of Duchesnay. In 1968, the municipality was renamed to Rivière-à-Claude after the Claude River that has its source near the municipality's inland boundary. This river may be named in honour of a pioneer named Joseph Glaude, but there is no certainty since various spellings have existed over time.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rivière-à-Claude had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Government List of former mayors:
Alphé Leclerc (1930–1935) Charles Bernier (1935–1939, 1943–1946) Léude Rioux (1939–1943) Alphonse Rioux (1946–1951) Germain Auclair (1951–1969) Arthur Rioux (1969–1977) Josep Eleude Robert Castonguay (1977–1979) Marius Auclair (1979–1993) Joseph Marius Hilaire Castonguay (1993–2005) Micheline Bernier (2005–2009) Réjean Normand (2005–present)
See also List of municipalities in Quebec
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