Francheville Regional County Municipality

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Francheville
Regional county municipality
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Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Mauricie
Effective January 1982[1]
Dissolved December 31, 2001
County seat Trois-Rivières
Government
 • Type Prefecture
Area[1][2]
 • 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) Decrease1.6%
 • Dwellings 65,022
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s) 819 or 418

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]

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

Municipalities

Parish municipalities

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reference number 141103 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Rapport sur la réorganisation municipale et les équipements supra locaux dans la MRC de Francheville (Online version PDF)
  4. Canada 2006 Census Community Profiles: Francheville. Statistics Canada.