Saint-Pacôme is a municipality in the regional Municipalité of county of Kamouraska to the Quebec (Canada), located in the administrative area of the Low-Saint-Laurent. It is named in the honor of Pacôme de Tabennesis.

Located in the middle of the Soft country of Kamouraska to a few kilometers of the river the St. Lawrence, Saint-Pacôme must with his broken relief with the piedmont of the the Appalachian Mountains and the sinuosities of the Rivière Ouelle which crosses the village to be among the ten more beautiful villages of Quebec. At the time of sound 150e birthday of foundation in 2001, in order to promote its attractions, the municipality autoproclamée Capitale planet gear of the whodunnit .

The Société of the detective novel of Saint-Pacôme gives the Saint-Pacôme price since then of the detective novel, equipped with a purse of 3000  $, with the best detective novel published in French in Quebec during the year. It organizes also a contest of police news.

The village is the birthplace of the pianist-type-setter André Gagnon.

History

• 1851 : Foundation of Saint-Pacôme to very the southern part of the parish of River-Ouelle.

• 1859 : The municipality is served by the railroad. The economic main activity of the village is forest industry and that until in the years 1950.
• 1926: Separation of Saint-Pacôme village and parish.
• 1938 : Foundation, on December 8th, of Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant to very the southern part the parish of Saint-Pacôme. The new village counts already 1200 inhabitants.
• 1971 : Construction of the first course of the club of golf.
• 1979 : Fusion of Saint-Pacôme village and parish.

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• 1981 : The municipality of Saint-Pacôme buys the slope of ski of the Coast of the Cats and creates the Station of snow.

• 1994 : Construction of the second course of the club of golf.
• 1998 : Creation of the Association of the most beautiful villages of Quebec. Saint-Pacôme in fact part.
• 1998 : Installation of the infrastructures of aqueduct and sewer and repair of the streets in most of the village.
• 2001 : Festivals of the 150e birthday of foundation. The Société of the detective novel of Saint-Pacôme is founded.
• 2004 : The Station of Saint-Pacôme snow becomes the Station sport Saint-Pacôme (4 seasons).
• 2005 : In April 2005, St-Pacôme undergoes the worst flood of its history.
• 2005 : Installation of the station of hebertism Of Trees out of Trees at the Station sport.

Municipalities bordering

Sources

• Repertory of the municipalities of Quebec
• Commission of toponymy of Quebec
• municipal Businesses and areas - regional charts

External bonds

• Municipality of Saint-Pacôme
• Company of the detective novel of Saint-Pacôme
• Association of the most beautiful villages of Quebec
• Flood of 2005 to St-Pacôme
• Mill seigneurial of St-Pacôme