Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for birdwatching, goose-hunting, and cheeses.
History
In 1831, the local parish was formed, called Saint-Antoine in honour of Anthony of Padua. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues was created, taking its name from the parish and the archipelago.2010 plane crash
On May 19, 2010, at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.Geography
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues includes of the majority of islands in the. Its major islands are:- Île aux Grues, largest island and the only one permanently inhabited
- Île aux Oies, formerly also known by its English name Île Goose
- Grosse Île, long a quarantine site for immigrants and now a national historic site
- Île Sainte-Marguerite
- Île au Canot
- Île Longue
- Île à Deux Têtes
- Île du Cheval
- Île la Sottise
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.Government
List of former mayors:- George Painchaud
- Gatien Lachaîne
- Louis Lavoie
- Wilfrid Lavoie
- Fénélon Vézina
- Paul Charles Painchaud
- Joseph Lavoie
- Joseph N. Lemieux
- Olivier Gagné
- Alfred Roy
- François-Marcellin Bernier
- Joseph Jean Baptiste Painchaud
- Paul-Eugène Lavoie
- Gaston Bernier
- Gabriel Vézina
- Michel Normand
- Louise Dion Roy
- Jacques-André Roy
- Frédéric Poulin
- Lisette Vézina Painchaud
- Pierre Gariepy