Sayabec

Also known as Sayabec, Quebec

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

Settlement.name: Sayabec
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Sayabec_village.jpg
Settlement.flag_size: 120x80px
Settlement.image_shield: Blason ville ca Sayabec (Quebec).svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Sayabec Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Eastern Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in eastern Quebec.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province

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Contents

History
Early history
Development of the municipality
Geography
Demographics
Language
Government
Infrastructure
Education
Notable people
See also
References
External links

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.