Mauricie

Administrative area of the province of Quebec, located at the junction of the River Saint-Maurice and the River the St. Lawrence.

Making some 560 km length, the valley Saint-Maurice gave rise to several cities, in Mauricie itself (southern part) and the Highone (northern part). The Chef-lieu of the area is Three-Rivers. It is made up of 3 regional municipalities of county and 47 municipalities.

The name Mauricie was created by the father Albert Tessier to replace the old expression of “valley of the Saint-Maurice”. The Maurice of which it is question is Maurice d' Agaune.

History

The development of this area was done initially since Three-Rivers which constituted a strategic site for the trade of the furs to the mouth of the Saint-Maurice river. Covering an important territory, displacements inside the territories of hunting were facilitated by this river.

As from the XIXe century, the development of Mauricie was justified by the industry of paper. This area rich in forest resource benefitted once again from the Saint-Maurice river for the transport of the “pitounes”. In the Nineties, the paper companies ceased receiving wood by the river rather preferring to use chips conveyed by train. More than 10 years after this change, of the significant amounts of trees still recover the bottom of the river. The effects on the quality of its water as on its marine animal-life are still perceptible. To decrease the effect of it, of the cleaning campaigns were entâmées by the various governmental stages. For the majority of the places, the bathe on the Saint-Maurice river, before inconceivable because of the nauseous odor and the toxicity of water, became possible again.

Demography

  • Population: 259.424 (2004)
  • Surface: 35.452 km ²
  • Density: 7,3 hab. /km ²
  • Birth rate: 8.7 ‰ (2006)
  • Death rate: 8.7 ‰ (2006)
Source: Statistical institute of Quebec

Territorial subdivisions

Administrative area made up of 3 MRC, 3 equivalent territories and 47 municipalities or equivalents.

the Channels

MRC made up of 10 municipalities: 5 municipalities and 5 parishes. Its chief town is Saint-Luc-with-Vincennes.
  • Municipality of Batiscan
  • Municipality of Champlain
  • Parish of Our-Lady-of-Mount-Carmel
  • Municipality of Holy-Anne-with-the-Pérade
  • Parish of Holy-Genevieve-with-Batiscan
  • Municipality of Saint-Luc-with-Vincennes
  • Parish of Saint-Maurice
  • Parish of Saint-Narcisse
  • Parish of Saint-Prosper
  • Municipality of Saint-Stanislas

Maskinongé

MRC made up of 17 municipalities: 1 city, 9 municipalities and 7 parishes. Its chief town is Louiseville.
  • Municipality of Cart
  • Town of Louiseville
  • Municipality of Maskinongé
  • Parish of Saint-Alexis-of-Mounts
  • Parish of Saint-Barnabe
  • Municipality of Saint-Boniface
  • Municipality of Holy-Angele-with-Prémont
  • Municipality of Saint-Edouard-with-Maskinongé
  • Municipality of Saint-Élie-with-Caxton
  • Parish of Saint-Etienne-of-Sandstone
  • Holy-Ursule Parish of
  • Parish of Saint-Leon-the-Large Saint-Justin
  • Parish of
  • Municipality of Saint-Mathieu-of-Park
  • Municipality of Saint-Severe Saint-Paulin cheese
  • Parish of
  • Municipality of Yamachiche

Mékinac

MRC made up of 14 municipalities: 1 city, 3 municipalities, 1 village, 5 not organized parishes and 4 territories. Its chief town is Saint-Tite.

Territories equivalent to a MRC

The administrative area of Mauricie is made up of 3 cities having some of competences of the MRC.

External bonds

  • Gate of Mauricie

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