Charette, Quebec


Charette is a municipality of about 1000 people located in Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.

History

Charette is named in honour of one of its first settlers, Édouard Charette, originally from Sainte-Ursule, who built a saw mill and flour mill around 1875. In 1910, the post office opened and in 1918, the Municipality of Charette was established when the Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges was incorporated. Its railway station identified the place with the English name of Charette's Mills for a period of time.
On December 31, 2001, Charette was added to the Maskinongé RCM when Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality was dissolved.

Demographics

Population trend:
  • Population in 2021: 1,034
  • Population in 2016: 953
  • Population in 2011: 993
  • Population in 2006: 924
  • Population in 2001: 941
  • Population in 1996: 962
  • Population in 1991: 968
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 485
Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 99%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 1%

    List of mayors

The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Charette has had fourteen mayors. Officially, municipal elections in Charette are on a non-partisan basis.
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1Joseph de Charette19181927
2Alphonse de Charette19271933
3Hermile Gélinas19331937
4Wilfrid Bellemare19371939
5Raymond Gélinas19391941
6Clément De Charette19411943
7Viatime Gélinas19431945
8Louis Lesieur19451947
9Adélard Matteau19471949
3Hermile Gélinas19491951
10Gérard Matteau19511961
11Marcel Bournival19611967
12Germain Gélinas19671971
11Marcel Bournival19711995
13Pauline St-Yves19951999
14Claude Boulanger19992009
15Guy Diamond20092013
14Claude Boulanger2013Current