Explore Village-des-Geoffroy, Quebec, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Village-des-Geoffroy, Quebec. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Village-des-Geoffroy and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Village-des-Geoffroy.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
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| Place | Village-des-Geoffroy |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Jean-de-Matha; Matawinie |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.255833 |
| Longitude | -73.597778 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J6E |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EILMO |
Village-des-Geoffroy is a hamlet in Saint-Jean-de-Matha; Matawinie, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Village-des-Geoffroy is located at 46.2558°N, 73.5978°W.
Village-des-Geoffroy rests within the quiet folds of the Le Pain de Sucre, where the land rises in modest, rugged slopes above the steady flow of the Rivière Blanche. It lies 28.5 km north-north-west of Joliette, QC (from Joliette, QC: bearing 335°T), and is situated 13.7 km east of Saint-Côme. The air here holds a distinct crispness, carrying the scent of damp earth and pine needles that deepens as the sun slips behind the horizon, casting long, violet shadows across the uneven terrain. Just a short distance away, the still waters of Lac Croche mirror the changing sky, providing a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the occasional call of a bird or the soft rush of the river against its banks. This landscape demands a patient eye, rewarding those who notice how the light catches the morning mist clinging to the valley floor before the day fully wakes. The history of Village-des-Geoffroy draws its strength from the resilience of those who first settled these hills, finding purpose in the challenge of the rocky soil and the proximity to the timbered reaches of Matawinie. While the local economy has transitioned through cycles of forestry and agriculture, the focus remains on a way of life that respects the immediate demands of the season. People here move with a deliberate purpose, whether tending to small-scale land management or maintaining the modest homes that dot the slopes of the Le Pain de Sucre. Traditions are kept quietly, rooted in the shared knowledge of the woods and the water, ensuring that the character of Village-des-Geoffroy endures through the changing years without needing to shout its presence to the world.
Village-des-Geoffroy s'étire avec une humilité tranquille sur les terres hautes du Pain de Sucre, là où la terre semble retenir son souffle avant de plonger vers les méandres de la Rivière Blanche. Dans cette enclave de la Matawinie, la lumière déclinante du soir accroche les reliefs, révélant une topographie de collines douces qui structurent le quotidien des habitants. À moins d'un kilomètre, le Lac Croche miroite comme un éclat d'argent oublié sous le couvert des arbres, offrant une présence liquide qui apaise l'aridité des sols rocailleux. La vie à Village-des-Geoffroy se rythme selon les exigences d'un sol exigeant, hérité d'une tradition agricole qui a su apprivoiser la rudesse du relief pour en extraire une subsistance patiente. Les maisons, tournées vers le cours d'eau, semblent guetter le passage des heures, tandis que l'air, chargé d'effluves de résineux et d'humidité fraîche, porte en lui la mémoire des défrichements anciens. Ici, la modernité s'efface devant la rectitude des lignes de crête et la constance du débit de la Rivière Blanche, rappelant à quiconque s'y attarde que la pérennité réside dans l'attention portée aux gestes simples et à la géographie immuable qui définit le caractère singulier de ce territoire.
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Explore Village-des-Geoffroy, Quebec, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.255833, -73.597778. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Village-des-Geoffroy includes the postal code (J6E), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Village-des-Geoffroy is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |