Saint-Fabien-de-Panet


Saint-Fabien-de-Panet is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.
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History

In 1868, the geographic township of Panet was proclaimed, named after Bernard-Claude Panet, twelfth bishop of Quebec. To encourage colonization of the township, the government's Colonization Society No. 1 begun clearing lots in the 1870s, but did not immediately attract settlers. Settlement began at the end of the 19th century by people coming from Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland. By 1895, the first school was opened.
In 1901, the Mission of Saint-Théodore was founded, named in honour of Joseph-Théodore Mercier, then parish priest of Saint-Magloire. In 1904, the chapel was built and the parish was renamed to Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, in honour of Joseph-Fabien Dumais, who was parish priest of Saint-Magloire from 1901 to 1906. An influx of settlers from Saint-Ephrem, Saint-Paul, and Saint-Pierre led to quick growth of the community.
In 1908, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Fabien-de-Panet was established, taking its name from the mission, and with Alphonse Brisson as its first mayor.
In July 1948, the village was partially destroyed by fire. Shortly after, in 1948-1949, Saint-Fabien-de-Panet was connected to the electrical grid. At the same time, nickel was discovered just west of the village, leading to a period of prosperity for Saint-Fabien-de-Panet until the mine closed in the late 1950s.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Fabien-de-Panet 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.

Local government

List of former mayors:
  • Alphonse Brisson
  • Ferdinand Corriveau
  • Jean Mercier
  • Joseph Goulet
  • Édouard Farrell
  • Alphonse Brochu
  • Pierre Doyon
  • J.-Cyprien Tanguay
  • Joseph Fortier
  • Jean Laflamme
  • Philippe Tardif
  • Joseph Goulet
  • Alphonse Bilodeau
  • Hilaire Fortier
  • Joseph Chabot
  • Achille Guénard
  • Alfred Lemelin
  • Cajetan McNeil
  • Joseph E. Goulet
  • Eugène Guénard
  • Alyre Charbonneau
  • Pierre Dion
  • Charles Bissonnette
  • Gérard Bélanger
  • Laurent Lapointe
  • Rita Lapointe
  • Pierre Thibaudeau
  • Claude Doyon
  • Laurent Laverdière

Notable people