Maskinongé Regional County Municipality
Maskinongé is a regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Louiseville. It is located adjacent on the west of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawrence River.
The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 36,316, an increase of 0.1% over the 2011 population.
History
The RCM was formed on January 1, 1982, and it consisted of Hunterstown Township ; Belleau Municipality ; the parish municipalities of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Sainte-Angèle, Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche, Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Barnabé, Saint-Édouard, Saint-Joseph-de-Maskinongé, Saint-Justin, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Paulin, Saint-Sévère, and Sainte-Ursule; and the village municipalities of Louiseville, Maskinongé, Saint-Paulin, and Yamachiche.On January 1, 2002, the municipalities of Charette, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Saint-Élie, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, and Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc were transferred to the Maskinongé Regional County Municipality when the Centre-de-la-Mauricie and Francheville Regional Counties were dissolved.
Subdivisions
There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:;Cities & Towns
;Municipalities
- Charette
- Maskinongé
- Saint-Boniface
- Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé
- Saint-Élie-de-Caxton
- Saint-Justin
- Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc
- Saint-Paulin
- Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont
- Sainte-Ursule
- Yamachiche
Transportation
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Autoroutes- * Principal Highways
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