Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada.
Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie | |
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| Coordinates: 46°36′N 72°49′W / 46.600°N 72.817°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| Effective | September 1982[1] |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2001 |
| County seat | Shawinigan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,282 km2 (495 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,351.66 km2 (521.88 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2001)[2] | |
• Total | 64,841 |
| • Density | 48.0/km2 (124/sq mi) |
| • Pop 1996-2001 |  3.4% |
| • Dwellings | 32,148 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 819 |
Subdivisions
editPrior to its dissolution, it consisted of:
- Villes
- Municipalities
- Parish Municipalities
- Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
- Saint-Élie
- Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides
- Saint-Jean-des-Piles
- Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc
- Villages
Dissolution
editThe RCM was dissolved on December 31, 2001, when the municipalities of Charette, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Saint-Élie, and Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc were transferred to the Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel was transferred to the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, and the remaining municipalities were amalgamated into the new City of Shawinigan.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141082". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "2001 Census profile: Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie".
- ^ Commission Municipale du Québec, Rapport au Ministre des Affaires Municipales et de la Métropole, Monsieur André Boisclair, sur les Équipements, Infrastructures, Services et Activités à Caractère Supralocal (Éisa) – Municipalité Régionale de Comté du Centre-de-la-Mauricie ("Online version" (PDF).)