Saint-Liboire (; formerly Saint-Liboire-de-Bagot) is a municipality in the

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des Maskoutains in

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, Canada, located in the administrative region of

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. The population as of the

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was 3,051.

History

Before the foundation of Saint-Liboire, the actual town territory was included in the Seigneurie de Ramezay given to

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near 1710. The

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was founded in 1857 with the purpose to offer more arable lands to the Catholic colonists coming from the

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region. It became the chief town of Bagot County.

Reading suggestion

The book ''Centenaire de Saint-Liboire, 20-24 juin 1957 : album-souvenir, 1857-1957'' written by Dollard Boucher and Armand Laliberté, and is available at the

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Demographics

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