Saint-Fabien-de-Panet

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| settlement_type = Parish municipality

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| subdivision_name2 = Chaudière-Appalaches

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| subdivision_name3 = Montmagny

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| established_title1 = Constituted

| established_date1 = March 26, 1907

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Laurent Laverdière

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| leader_name2 = Côte-du-Sud

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| area_total_km2 = 188.53

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| population_total = 945

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| area_code = 418 and 581

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Saint-Fabien-de-Panet ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ fabjɛ̃ də panɛ}}) is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada.

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.{{cite web |title=Historique |url=https://www.saintfabiendepanet.com/la-ville/profil-de-la-municipalite/historique/ |website=www.saintfabiendepanet.com |publisher=Municipalité de Saint-Fabien-de-Panet |access-date=30 April 2025 |language=fr |date=2016}}

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 {{val|945|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|462|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|611|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:945-954}}|954|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|954|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|187.01|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|945|187.01|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

{{Historical populations

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|footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.

|source = Statistics Canada{{cite report |title=Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions |id=CS98-1941-2 |date=1944 |publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics}}{{cite journal |title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) |journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) |date=July 1973 |pages= |publisher=Statistics Canada}}

| 1911 |574

| 1921 |1039

| 1931 |942

| 1941 |1417

| 1951 |1464

| 1956 |1654

| 1961 |1537

| 1966 |1270

| 1971 |1126

| 1976 |1054

| 1981 |1067

| 1986 |1078