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Maskinongé Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°19′N 72°56′W / 46.317°N 72.933°W / 46.317; -72.933^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionMauricieEffectiveJanuary 1, 1982County seatLouisevilleGovernment

^[2]

• TypePrefecture • PrefectRobert LalondeArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total2,502.40 km² (966.18 sq mi) • Land2,384.76 km² (920.76 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total36,316 • Density15.2/km² (39/sq mi) • Change
2011-2016

0.1% • Dwellings

19,075Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code819Websitewww.mrc-maskinonge.qc.ca^[4]

Maskinongé is a regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Louiseville. It is located adjacent on the west of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawrence River.

The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 36,316, an increase of 0.1% over the 2011 population.^[3]

History

The RCM was formed on January 1, 1982, and it consisted of Hunterstown Township (now part of Saint-Paulin); Belleau Municipality (now part of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts); the parish municipalities of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Sainte-Angèle (since renamed to Sainte-Angèle-de-Premont), Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche (now part of Yamachiche), Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup (now part of Louiseville), Saint-Barnabé, Saint-Édouard (since renamed to Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé), Saint-Joseph-de-Maskinongé (now part of Maskinongé), Saint-Justin, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Paulin, Saint-Sévère, and Sainte-Ursule; and the village municipalities of Louiseville, Maskinongé, Saint-Paulin, and Yamachiche.

On January 1, 2002, the municipalities of Charette, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan (since renamed to Saint-Boniface), Saint-Élie (since renamed to Saint-Élie-de-Caxton), Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, and Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc were transferred to the Maskinongé Regional County Municipality when the Centre-de-la-Mauricie and Francheville Regional Counties were dissolved.

Subdivisions

There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (1)

Louiseville

Municipalities (11)

Parishes (5)

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[5]

Autoroutes
- A-40

Principal Highways
- R-132
- R-153

Secondary Highways
- R-348
- R-349
- R-350
- R-351

External Routes
- None

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141058". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 510". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Maskinongé, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^ "Maskinongé Regional County Municipality (Code 2451) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map