Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues () is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for birdwatching, goose-hunting, and cheeses.
History In 1831, the local parish was formed, called Saint-Antoine in honour of Anthony of Padua. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues was created, taking its name from the parish and the archipelago.
2010 plane crash On May 19, 2010, at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.
Geography Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues includes of the majority of islands in the . Its major islands are: Île aux Grues, largest island and the only one permanently inhabited Île aux Oies, formerly also known by its English name Île Goose Grosse Île, long a quarantine site for immigrants and now a national historic site Île Sainte-Marguerite Île au Canot Île Longue Île à Deux Têtes Île du Cheval Île la Sottise
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Government List of former mayors:
George Painchaud (1867–1869, 1887–1889, 1892–1893) Gatien Lachaîne (1869–1875) Louis Lavoie (1875–1887) Wilfrid Lavoie (1889–1892) Fénélon Vézina (1893–1903) Paul Charles Painchaud (1903–1911, 1920–1929) Joseph Lavoie (1911–1920) Joseph N. Lemieux (1929–1935) Olivier Gagné (1935–1939) Alfred Roy (1939–1945) François-Marcellin Bernier (1945–1947, 1954–1960) Joseph Jean Baptiste Painchaud (1947–1954) Paul-Eugène Lavoie (1960–1977) Gaston Bernier (1977–1978) Gabriel Vézina (1978–1979) Michel Normand (1979–1990) Louise Dion Roy (1990–2003) Jacques-André Roy (2003–2009) Frédéric Poulin (2009–2015, 2023–present) Lisette Vézina Painchaud (2015–2017) Pierre Gariepy (2017–2023)
Transportation L'Isle-aux-Grues has a small airstrip, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A ferry operates during the summer months.
Education Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.
See also List of parish municipalities in Quebec
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