Mauricie
Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km2 and a population of 266,112 residents as of the 2016 Census. Its largest cities are Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan.
The word Mauricie was coined by local priest and historian Albert Tessier and is based on the Saint-Maurice river which runs through the region on a North-South axis.
Mauricie administrative region was created on August 20, 1997 from the split of Mauricie–Bois-Francs administrative region into Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec. However, the concept of Mauricie as a traditional region long predates this.
Administrative divisions
Regional county municipalities
- Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality
- Maskinongé Regional County Municipality
- Mékinac Regional County Municipality
Equivalent territories
- Agglomeration of La Tuque
- Shawinigan
- Trois-Rivières
Independent municipalities
- La Bostonnais, Quebec
- Lac-Édouard, Quebec
[Conseil [de la Nation Atikamekw|Nation Atikamekw]]
- Coucoucache, Quebec
- Obedjiwan, Quebec
- Wemotaci, Quebec
Major communities
- La Tuque
- Louiseville
- Maskinongé
- Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
- Saint-Alexis-des-Monts
- Saint-Boniface
- Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
- Saint-Maurice
- Saint-Tite
- Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
- Sainte-Thècle
- Shawinigan
- Trois-Rivières
- Yamachiche
School districts
10 Francophones:- Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy:
- * Trois Rivières
- *Maskinongé and
- *Francheville.
- Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie:
- *Shawinigan,
- *La Tuque,
- *Mékinac and
- *Maskinongé.
- Central Quebec School Board
Notable people
- Moïsette Olier, writer
- Jacques Plante, ice hockey goaltender