Maskinongé (municipality)
See also: Maskinongé
Maskinongé is a Municipalité Quebec (Canada) located in the regional Municipalité of county of Maskinongé in the administrative area of the Mauricie. Its inhabitants are of Maskinongeois and Maskinongeoises.
Municipal chronology
- July 1st 1855: Constitution of the municipality of parish of Saint-Joseph-to-Maskinongé during the original cutting of the Quebec.
- October 10th 1931: The urban part is detached and taken the name of municipality of village of Maskinongé .
- August 27th 1991: A tornado of force 2 devastates the village of Maskinongé, leaving on its passage forty houses completely destroyed, and remains on kilometers. Approximately 15 people were wounded, but no death was to announce.
- April 25th 2001: Maskinongé and Saint-Joseph-of-Maskinongé are amalgamated and become the municipality of Maskinongé .
Origin of the name
Maskinongé comes from the algonquin and means deformed Brochet. A pike species bears the name of besides maskinongé (Esox masquinongy)
Municipalities bordering
Web site
http://www.mun-maskinonge.ca
Sources
- Repertory of the municipalities of Quebec
- Commission of toponymy of Quebec
- municipal Businesses and areas - regional charts
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