Saint Felix de Valois

Saint-Felix-de-Valois is a municipality within the Lanaudière location of Quebec, Canada, a part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. Quebec writer Rejean Ducharme, recipient of numerous Governor General's Awards, became born in Saint-Felix-de-Valois in 1942. Historically it become part of the Berthier Seignory. Circa 1830, a small organization of pioneers from England, Scotland, and Ireland commenced to colonize the place. In 1840, the Mission of Saint-Felix-de-Valois was fashioned and soon after in 1844 it have become a parish when it separated from the Sainte-Elisabeth Parish.

It changed into named after Felix of Valois. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Felix-de-Valois became first set up, however abolished years later. In 1851, its submit workplace opened. In 1855, the parish municipality become reestablished. In 1926, the primary village, also called Saint-Felix-de-Valois, became incorporated as a separate Village Municipality. On December 24, 1997, the parish municipality and the village municipality had been reunited into the new Municipality of Saint-Feelix-de-Valois.