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Sayabec

Sayabec
Municipality
Sayabec village.jpg
Coat of arms of Sayabec
Coat of arms
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Location within La Matapédia RCM.
Sayabec is located in Eastern Quebec
Sayabec
Sayabec
Location in eastern Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°34′N 67°41′W / 48.567°N 67.683°W / 48.567; -67.683Coordinates: 48°34′N 67°41′W / 48.567°N 67.683°W / 48.567; -67.683
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM La Matapédia
Settled mid 19th century
Constituted December 24, 1982
Government
 • Mayor Danielle Marcoux
 • Federal riding Haute-Gaspésie—La
Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. riding Matane-Matapédia
Area
 • Total 138.50 km2 (53.48 sq mi)
 • Land 130.48 km2 (50.38 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,864
 • Density 14.3/km2 (37/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.6%
 • Dwellings 879
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0J 3K0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 132
Website www.municipalite
sayabec.com

Sayabec (/sbɛk/) 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 Gaspe 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.

The municipality's main transportation link is the Quebec Route 132 which loops around the Gaspe Peninsula back towards the Mont-Joli area northwest of Sayabec. It is also located along the Canadian National Railway (originally the Intercolonial Railway).


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