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.
Maskinongé | |
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| Coordinates: 46°19′N 72°56′W / 46.317°N 72.933°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Louiseville |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Paul Carbonneau |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,502.40 km2 (966.18 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,384.76 km2 (920.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 36,316 |
| • Density | 15.2/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  0.1% |
| • Dwellings | 19,075 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | mrcmaskinonge |
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The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 36,316, an increase of 0.1% over the 2011 population.[3]
History
editThe 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
editThere are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Transportation
editAccess Routes
editHighways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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