Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
| Pierre-De Saurel | |
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| Regional county municipality | |
 Location in province of Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°58′N 73°00′W / 45.967°N 73.000°WCoordinates: 45°58′N 73°00′W / 45.967°N 73.000°W[1] | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| Named for | Pierre de Saurel |
| County seat | Sorel-Tracy |
| Government[2] | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Gilles Salvas |
| Area[2][3] | |
| • Total | 639.00 km2 (246.72 sq mi) |
| • Land | 598.13 km2 (230.94 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 50,900 |
| • Density | 85.1/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 1.9% |
| • Dwellings | 24,648 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website |
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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.
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]
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Demographics
Population
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Language
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English |
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| 2011 |
50,200 |
49,035 | 2.9% |
97.68% | 490 | 21.0% |
0.98% | 210 | 27.3% |
0.42% | 465 |  25.6% |
0.93% | |||||
| 2006 |
48,855 |
47,660 | 1.3% |
97.55% | 405 |  0.0% |
0.83% | 165 | 2.9% |
0.34% | 625 | 83.8% |
1.28% | |||||
| 2001 |
49,205 |
48,290 | 4.5% |
98.14% | 405 | 24.6% |
0.82% | 170 | 2.9% |
0.35% | 340 | 13.9% |
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:[8]
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See also
References
- ↑ Reference number 402521 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- 1 2 3 Geographic code 530 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- 1 2 "(Code 2453) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ↑ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
- (French) SorelTracyRegion.net, official web-portal for the region
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| La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM | Les Maskoutains RCM |
