Angliers () is a former village municipality in northwestern

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, Canada, in the

Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality Témiscamingue () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie. Though Témiscamingue borders Pontiac Regional County Municipality to the south, it is not prac ...

. It is one of the two sectors in the municipality of

Laverlochère-Angliers Laverlochère-Angliers () is a Types of municipalities in Quebec, municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. History Laverlochère-Angliers was created on January 1, 2018, through the merger ...

History

The first settlers arrived in 1911, but the village developed from 1924 onwards, after the Pouvoir-des-Quinze hydro-electric power station was built in 1922. It was named after Angliers, Vienne, in France, the ancestral birthplace of

Lomer Gouin Sir Jean Lomer Gouin (March 19, 1861 – March 28, 1929) was a Canadian politician. He served as 13th premier of Quebec, as a Cabinet minister in the federal government of Canada, and as the 15th lieutenant governor of Quebec. Biography ...

, premier of Quebec from 1905 to 1920. The forestry industry and log driving contributed greatly to its development. On May 24, 1945, it was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Angliers with its territory taken from the Township Municipality of Guérin and the Municipality of Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues. It amalgamated with the Municipality of Laverlochère on January 1, 2018, to form the Municipality of

Demographics

Mother tongue (2016): * English as first language: 6.7% * French as first language: 93.3% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

Local government

List of former mayors: * Conrad Coulombe (1945–1947) * J.P. Vachon (1947–1948) * Alex Bérubé (1948–1953) * Henri Falardeau (1953–1955) * Georges Bellehumeur (May 1955–November 1955) * Ubald Dusseault (1955–1957, 1959–1961) * Léo Lanthier (1957–1959) * Horace McDougal (1961–1963) * Louis Beaulieu (1963–1965) * Tony Peluso (1965–1967) * Fernand Coulombe (1967–1971) * Denis Arpin (1971–1983) * Paul Coulombe (1983–2009) * Lyna Pine (2009–2017)

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{{authority control Populated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality Former municipalities in Quebec