Sayabec
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Sayabec (; ) is a municipality located in the La Matapédia Regional County Municipality (RCM) in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Matapédia Valley between the Chic-Choc Mountains of the Appalachian near Lake Matapédia. The main activities of the village are agriculture and forestry. It has a population of approximately 2,000, the third biggest municipality in its RCM after Amqui and Causapscal. Due to the presence of the chipboards plant called Panval, the biggest industry of the valley, Sayabec is an important regional economic centre.
Key facts
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- Sayabec
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- Municipality
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- Blason ville ca Sayabec (Quebec).svg
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- Location within La Matapédia RCM.
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- Canada Eastern Quebec
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- Location in eastern Quebec.
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- Region
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- Bas-Saint-Laurent
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- RCM
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- La Matapédia
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- Settled
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- mid 19th century
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Bienvenue à Sayabec! | Municipalité de Sayabec
Découvrez les évènements et activités de la municipalité de Sayabec. Explorez les services de Sayabec: Centre de conditionnement physique, Centre sportif David-Pelletier, Centre communautaire et Gare patrimoniale Maison de la culture.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sayabec
- Demonym
- Sayabécoise
- Population
- 1771
- Area
- 131.21
- Official website
- www.municipalitesayabec.com
- Image
- Sayabec village.jpg
- Dialing code
- 418
- Motto
- Quod Deus Vult
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- Commons category
- Sayabec
- postal code
- G0J 3K0
- inception
- 1982-12-24
- IPA transcription
- seɪbɛk
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +1-418-536-5440
- fax number
- +1-418-536-5572
- native label
- Sayabec
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Development of the municipality
- Geography
- Demographics
- Language
- Government
- Infrastructure
- Education
- Notable people
- See also
- References
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Sayabec (; ) is a municipality located in the La Matapédia Regional County Municipality (RCM) in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Matapédia Valley between the Chic-Choc Mountains of the Appalachian near Lake Matapédia. The main activities of the village are agriculture and forestry. It has a population of approximately 2,000, the third biggest municipality in its RCM after Amqui and Causapscal. Due to the presence of the chipboards plant called Panval, the biggest industry of the valley, Sayabec is an important regional economic centre.
The territory was historically occupied by Mi'kmaq people, a First Nation who occupied much of the Gaspé Peninsula. Its first French Canadian inhabitant was Pierre Brochu, who came in 1833. At the end of the 19th century settlers began to come in the region to work in sawmills. The municipality was first officially created in 1887 as a school municipality under the name Sainte-Marie-de-Sayabec. The Catholic parish was erected in 1894. In 1917, the village of Saindon was created, and it took the name of Sayabec in 1951. Today municipality was formed in 1982 through the merger of the parish municipality of Sainte-Marie-de-Sayabec and the village municipality of Sayabec.
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