Maskinongé Regional County Municipality
Maskinongé | |
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| Coordinates: 46°19′N 72°56′W / 46.317°N 72.933°W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Louiseville |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Réjean Carle |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,502.40 km2 (966.18 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,367.08 km2 (913.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 37,292 |
| • Density | 15.8/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 |  2.7% |
| • Dwellings | 19,380 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | mrcmaskinonge |
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Maskinongé (French pronunciation: [maskinɔ̃ʒe] ⓘ) 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 2021 Canadian Census was 37,292, an increase of 2.7% over the 2016 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]
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Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Reference number 141058". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec [Bank of place names of Quebec] (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 510". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
- 1 2 3 4 "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Maskinongé, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 18, 2026.
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
- "Maskinongé Regional County Municipality (Code 2451) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
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