Pierre-De_Saurel_Regional_County_Municipality,_Quebec

Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality

Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Pierre-De Saurel (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də soʁɛl]) 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.

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The RCM is named after Pierre de Saurel, a captain of the Carignan-Salières Regiment who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1666 and later became the area's seigneur.[4]

Subdivisions

There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Demographics

Population

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Canada census – Pierre-De Saurel community profile
References: 2021[5] 2016[6] 2011[7] earlier[8][9]
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Language

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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:[11]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 402521". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. [2]
    "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 530". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. [3]
    "Census Profile, 2016 Census Pierre-De Saurel, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  4. [4]
    Verney, Jack (1991). The Good Regiment: The Carignan-Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queens University Press. ISBN 978-0773518186.
  5. [5]
    "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  6. [6]
    "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  7. [7]
    "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
  8. [8]
    "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  9. [9]
    "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  10. [10]
    Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  11. [11]
    Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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