Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
Pierre-De Saurel is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Originally named Le Bas-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, the name change to Pierre-De Saurel took effect on January 1, 2009. Its seat is in Sorel-Tracy. It is located on the Richelieu River, downstream from La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality at the confluence of the Richelieu and Saint Lawrence River.
Pierre-De Saurel | |
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![]() Location in province of Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 45°58′N 73°00′W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
Named for | Pierre de Saurel |
County seat | Sorel-Tracy |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Gilles Salvas |
Area | |
• Total | 639.00 km2 (246.72 sq mi) |
• Land | 597.55 km2 (230.72 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 51,025 |
• Density | 85.4/km2 (221/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 25,425 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
The RCM is named after Pierre de Saurel, a captain and seigneur who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1647.
Subdivisions
There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
Cities & Towns (3) | Municipalities (7) | Parishes (1) | Villages (1) |
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Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel |
Saint-Aimé Saint-David |
Saint-Gérard-Majella | Massueville |
Demographics
Population
Canada census – Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality community profile | |||
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2016 | 2011 | 2006 | |
Population: | 51,025 (+0.2% from 2011) | 50,900 (+1.9% from 2006) | 49,932 (-0.3% from 2001) |
Land area: | 597.55 km2 (230.72 sq mi) | 598.13 km2 (230.94 sq mi) | 598.13 km2 (230.94 sq mi) |
Population density: | 85.4/km2 (221/sq mi) | 85.1/km2 (220/sq mi) | 83.5/km2 (216/sq mi) |
Median age: | 51.0 (M: 49.5, F: 52.3) | 49.0 (M: 48.1, F: 50.0) | 46.8 (M: 45.9, F: 47.6) |
Total private dwellings: | 25,425 | 24,648 | 23,496 |
Median household income: | $52,922 | $46,235 | $42,479 |
References: 2016[4] 2011[5] 2006[6] earlier[7] |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
50,390 |
49,035 | ![]() |
97.1% | 485 | ![]() |
1.0% | 225 | ![]() |
0.4% | 730 | ![]() |
1.4% | |||||
2011 |
50,200 |
48,950 | ![]() |
97.68% | 490 | ![]() |
0.98% | 210 | ![]() |
0.42% | 465 | ![]() |
0.93% | |||||
2006 |
48,855 |
47,660 | ![]() |
97.55% | 405 | ![]() |
0.83% | 165 | ![]() |
0.34% | 625 | ![]() |
1.28% | |||||
2001 |
49,205 |
48,290 | ![]() |
98.14% | 405 | ![]() |
0.82% | 170 | ![]() |
0.35% | 340 | ![]() |
0.69% | |||||
1996 |
51,480 |
50,585 | n/a | 98.26% | 325 | n/a | 0.63% | 175 | n/a | 0.34% | 395 | n/a | 0.77% |
Transportation
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[9]
References
- Reference number 402521 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- Geographic code 530 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census Pierre-De Saurel, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- Official Transport Quebec Road Map