Saint-Michel, Quebec

The place was originally known as La Pigeonnière or Lapigeonnière, named after the Pigeon family. In 1853, the parish of Saint-Michel or Saint-Archange was formed, named in honour of Michael the Archangel. In 1854, its post office opened under the name Lapigeonnière. The Parish Municipality of Saint-Michel was created on July 1, 1855, when the county of Huntingdon was disbanded into multiple municipalities. On December 10, 2011, the parish municipality changed statutes and became a regular municipality. A sewage system serving 580 homes was inaugurated on 26 August 2011, and a new fire station was opened on 21 September 2013. On 19 September 2015, an enlarged and refreshed municipal hall (now the community centre) with air-conditioned rooms was inaugurated. ==Demographics==

Population Language ==Government==

List of former mayors: • Camille Coupal (1855–1858) • Joseph Pépin (1858–1860) • François Coupal (1860–1864) • Vital Perras (1864–1866) • Michel Bourdeau (1866–1868) • Narcisse Doris (1868–1870) • Honoré Patenaude (1870–1872) • Pierre Isabelle (1872–1874) • Amable Coupal (1874–1876) • Casimir Gagnon (1876–1879) • Napoléon Coupal (1879–1880) • François-Xavier Paradis (1880–1881) • Théophile Robert (1881–1885) • Adolphe Coupal (1885–1887) • Pierre Giroux (1887–1888) • Napoléon Monette (1888–1889) • Louis Trudeau (1889–1890) • Siméon Robidou (1890–1891) • Joseph Toupin (1891–1893) • Cyprien Doris (1893–1905) • François-Xavier Coupal (1905–1906) • Émilien Lahaie (1906–1911) • Simon Verner (1911–1912) • Vital Poissant (1912–1913) • Séverin Coupal (1913–1914) • Noé Pigeon (1914–1916) • Adélard Perrier (1916–1917) • Octave Usereau (1917–1919, 1927–1931) • David Inkel (1919–1921) • Alfred Marcil (1921–1923, 1931–1933) • Hilaire Lemire (1923–1925) • Joseph Adélard Hamelin (1925–1927) • Fridolin Blouin (1933–1936) • Domina Faille (1936–1937) • Pierre Lemoyne (1935–1939, 1945–1949) • Joseph E. Ricard (1939–1945) • Joseph Rodrigue Oligny (1949–1953) • Ernest Dulude (1953–1957) • Léopold Marcil (1957–1961) • Léonard Laforest (1961–1965) • Lionel Sorel (1965–1973) • Roland Daigneault (1973–1993) • Marcel Roy (1993–2005) • Michel Lussier (2005–2009) • Pierre Raymond Cloutier (2009–2013) • Jean Guy Hamelin (2013–present) ==Education==

The Riverside School Board operates anglophone public schools, including: • John Adam Memorial School in Delson • Saint-Lambert International High School in Saint-Lambert ==See also==