Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
Pierre-De Saurel | |
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![]() Location in province of Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 45°58′N 73°00′W / 45.967°N 73.000°W[1] | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Montérégie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
Named for | Pierre de Saurel |
County seat | Sorel-Tracy |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Gilles Salvas |
Area | |
• Total | 639.00 km2 (246.72 sq mi) |
• Land | 597.55 km2 (230.72 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 51,025 |
• Density | 85.4/km2 (221/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 25,425 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Website | www |
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.
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]
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Demographics
Population
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 51,843 (+1.6% from 2016) | 51,025 (+0.2% from 2011) | 50,900 (+1.9% from 2006) |
Land area | 595.13 km2 (229.78 sq mi) | 597.55 km2 (230.72 sq mi) | 598.13 km2 (230.94 sq mi) |
Population density | 87.1/km2 (226/sq mi) | 85.4/km2 (221/sq mi) | 85.1/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Median age | 51.6 (M: 50, F: 53.2) | 51.0 (M: 49.5, F: 52.3) | 49.0 (M: 48.1, F: 50.0) |
Private dwellings | 24,725 (total) | 25,425 (total) | 24,648 (total) |
Median household income | $52,922 | $46,235 |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec[10] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French
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English
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016
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50,390
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49,035 | ![]() |
97.1% | 485 | ![]() |
1.0% | 225 | ![]() |
0.4% | 730 | ![]() |
1.4% | |||||
2011
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50,200
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48,950 | ![]() |
97.68% | 490 | ![]() |
0.98% | 210 | ![]() |
0.42% | 465 | ![]() |
0.93% | |||||
2006
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48,855
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47,660 | ![]() |
97.55% | 405 | ![]() |
0.83% | 165 | ![]() |
0.34% | 625 | ![]() |
1.28% | |||||
2001
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49,205
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48,290 | ![]() |
98.14% | 405 | ![]() |
0.82% | 170 | ![]() |
0.35% | 340 | ![]() |
0.69% | |||||
1996
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51,480
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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:[11]
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See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 402521". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 530". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Pierre-De Saurel, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ Verney, Jack (1991). The Good Regiment: The Carignan-Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queens University Press. ISBN 978-0773518186.
- ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
External links
- (in French) SorelTracyRegion.net, official web-portal for the region