Francheville Regional County Municipality
Francheville was a former regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it had an area of 1,124 square kilometres (434 sq mi).[3]
Francheville | |
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Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°25′W[1] | |
Country | |
Province | |
Region | Mauricie |
Effective | January 1982[1] |
Dissolved | December 31, 2001 |
County seat | Trois-Rivières |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
Area | |
• Total | 1,125 km2 (434 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,137.30 km2 (439.11 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2001)[2] | |
• Total | 138,355 |
• Density | 121.7/km2 (315/sq mi) |
• Change (1996–2001) | |
• Dwellings | 65,022 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 819 or 418 |
The RCM was dissolved on December 31, 2001, when Saint-Étienne-des-Grès was transferred to the Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, the municipalities of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Pointe-du-Lac, Saint-Louis-de-France, Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap, Trois-Rivières and Trois-Rivières-Ouest were merged into the new City of Trois-Rivières, and the remaining municipalities became part of the new Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality.[3]
Although the division no longer functions as a regional county municipality in the political sense, the amalgamated city of Trois-Rivières and the regional county municipality of Les Chenaux are still grouped together as the census division of Francheville by Statistics Canada for census purposes. The division had a population of 143,267 in the Canada 2006 Census.[4]
Subdivisions
Prior to its dissolution, the RCM consisted of:
Villes
- Cap-de-la-Madeleine
- Saint-Louis-de-France
- Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap
- Trois-Rivières
- Trois-Rivières-Ouest
Municipalities
- Batiscan
- Champlain
- Pointe-du-Lac
- Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes
- Saint-Stanislas
- Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Parish municipalities
- Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
- Saint-Maurice
- Saint-Narcisse
- Saint-Prosper
- Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
See also
References
- Reference number 141103 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- "2001 Census profile: Francheville".
- Rapport sur la réorganisation municipale et les équipements supra locaux dans la MRC de Francheville ("Online version" (PDF).)
- Canada 2006 Census Community Profiles: Francheville. Statistics Canada.