Papineauville () is a town and municipality in the

Outaouais Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts, the municipality of Cantley, Quebec, Cantley and the Papineau Regional County Municipal ...

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. It is the seat of the Papineau Regional County Municipality. In 2001 its population was 2247. The municipality is bordered on the north side by the Petite-Nation River and on the south side by Pentecost Bay of the

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History

The Parish of Sainte-Angélique was formed in 1851, and the parish municipality with the same name was created in 1855. It was named after Angélique-Louise Cornud, wife of Denis-Benjamin Papineau, who donated land for the construction of the church and the rectory. Also in 1855, a post office was established with the name Papineauville. This may be named in honour of one of two persons named Papineau: Joseph Papineau (1752–1841), father of

Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau (; October 7, 1786 – September 23, 1871), born in Montreal, Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the ''seigneurie de la Petite-Nation''. He was the leader of the reform ...

, who in 1801 bought the lordship of the Petite-Nation where the town formed; or Denis-Benjamin Papineau (1789–1854), brother of Louis-Joseph and husband of Angélique-Louise, and considered the founder of this place. In 1896, the Village Municipality of Papineauville separated from Sainte-Angélique. Its first mayor was

Henri Bourassa Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (; September 1, 1868 – August 31, 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the Government of the United Kingdom, British government's request for Cana ...

. On November 29, 2000, the Village Municipality of Papineauville and the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Angélique were reunited and merged into the new Municipality of Papineauville. The name Sainte-Angélique now identifies the sector of Papineauville which corresponds to the territory of the former parish municipality. On January 1, 2002, about of the Presqu'île Peninsula in the Ottawa River was transferred to the municipality of Plaisance.

Demographics

Mother tongue: * English as first language: 2.1% * French as first language: 95.2% * English and French as first language: 1.4% * Other as first language: 1.2%

Local government

List of former mayors: * André Blais (2005–2009) * Gilles Clément (2009-2013) * Christian Beauchamp (2013–2021) * Paul-André David (2021–present)

Education

The community is served by the French school board Commission Scolaire au Coeur des Vallees including École secondaire Louis-Joseph Papineau.

References

External links

Web site
(French language only) {{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Outaouais Populated places on the Ottawa River