Saint-Liboire (; formerly 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. The population as of the
2011 Canadian Census was 3,051.
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 municipality was founded in 1857 with the purpose to offer more arable lands to the Catholic colonists coming from the
Saint-Hyacinthe
Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie regi ...
region.
It became the chief town of
Bagot County.
Reading suggestion
The book ''Centenaire de Saint-Liboire, 20-24 juin 1957 : album-souvenir, 1857-1957'' written by Dollard Boucher and Armand Laliberté, and is available at the
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Demographics
Population
Language
See also
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List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
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Information on Saint-LiboireDetails on the town
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Incorporated places in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality
Designated places in Quebec
1857 establishments in Canada