Saint-Liboire, Quebec
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| Municipality of Saint-Liboire (aka Saint-Liboire-de-Bagot) |
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| Country |  Canada |
|---|---|
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | |
| Settled | 1710 |
| Incorporated | 1857 (village) |
| 1994 (town) | |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Sylvain Gauvreau |
| Area | |
| - Total | 72.90 km² (28.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| - Total | 2,860 |
| - Density | 39.23/km² (101.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| Geographical code | 54072 |
| People | Liboirois, Liboiroise |
Saint-Liboire (or Saint-Liboire-de-Bagot) is a municipality in the municipalité régionale de comté des Maskoutains in Québec (Canada), located in the administrative region of Montérégie.
[edit] History
Before the foundation of Saint-Liboire, the actual town territory was included in the Seigneurie de Ramezay given to Claude de Ramezay near 1710.
The village was founded in 1857 with the purpose to offer more arable lands to the Catholic colonists coming from the Saint-Hyacinthe region.
It became the chief town of Bagot County.
[edit] Reading Suggestion
Historians will be fascinated by the book Centenaire de Saint-Liboire, 20-24 juin 1957 : album-souvenir, 1857-1957 written by Dollard Boucher and Armand Laliberté. This book is available at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
[edit] Links
- KMZ File working with Google Earth.
- Informations on Saint-Liboire
- Details on the town
- Photos of the Saint-Patrice Street (July 2003), Patrice Marcotte
- Page on Quebec Municipal
| North: Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | ||
| West: Saint-Simon |
Saint-Liboire | East: Upton |
| South: Saint-Dominique, Saint-Valérien-de-Milton |
