Francheville Regional County Municipality
Francheville | |
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Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°25′W / 46.500°N 72.417°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
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) | 1.6% |
• Dwellings | 65,022 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 819 or 418 |
Francheville (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃ʃvil] ) 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]
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
[edit]Prior to its dissolution, the RCM consisted of:
Villes
[edit]Municipalities
[edit]Parish municipalities
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141103". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "2001 Census profile: Francheville".
- ^ a b Rapport sur la réorganisation municipale et les équipements supra locaux dans la MRC de Francheville ("Online version" (PDF).)
- ^ Canada 2006 Census Community Profiles: Francheville Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Canada.