Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Le Haut-Saint-Maurice

Regional county municipality

The former Le Haut-Saint-Maurice RCM

Coordinates: 47°26′N 72°47′W﻿ / ﻿47.433°N 72.783°W﻿ / 47.433; -72.783[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Mauricie
Effective| January 1982[1]
Dissolved| March 25, 2003
County seat| La Tuque
Government

• Type| Prefecture
Area

[1][2]

• Total

| 29,662 km2 (11,453 sq mi)
• Land| 26,350.12 km2 (10,173.84 sq mi)
Population

(2001)[2]

• Total

| 15,862
• Density| 0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Change (1996–2001)

| 2.6%
• Dwellings

| 6,895
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code| 819

Le Haut-Saint-Maurice (French pronunciation: [lə o sɛ̃ mɔʁis]) was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada.[1] It was formed on January 1, 1982, and dissolved on March 26, 2003, when it was amalgamated in its entirety into the new City of La Tuque.[3] The La Tuque census division, a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality, is contiguous with the former Le Haut-Saint-Maurice RCM.

Based on the last census prior to its dissolution, Le Haut-Saint-Maurice consisted of:[2]

Name  | Type/status  | Land area in km2 | 2001 population  | 1996 population

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La Tuque | Ville | 579.46  | 11,298  | 12,102
La Bostonnais | Municipality  | 287.37  | 529  | 524
La Croche | Municipality  | 400.56  | 549  | 539
Lac-Édouard | Municipality  | 916.23  | 137  | 155
Parent | Village municipality  | 34.81  | 326  | 387
Kiskissink  | Unorganized territory  | 1,860.44  | 10  | 14
Lac-Berlinguet  | Unorganized territory  | 939.70  | 0  | 0
Lac-des-Moires  | Unorganized territory  | 113.34  | 0  | 0
Lac-Pellerin  | Unorganized territory  | 58.70  | 0  | 0
Lac-Tourlay  | Unorganized territory  | 38.02  | 0  | 0
Obedjiwan  | Unorganized territory  | 7,255.14  | 64  | 48
Petit-Lac-Wayagamac  | Unorganized territory  | 644.36  | 0  | 0
Rivière-Windigo  | Unorganized territory  | 13,182.20  | 241  | 204
Totals *  |  | 26,350.12  | 15,862  | 16,293

* Totals include the three native reserves of Coucoucache, Wemotaci, and Obedjiwan, but were not administratively part of the RCM.

Following a 2004 referendum, the municipalities of La Bostonnais and Lac-Édouard separated from La Tuque and were reestablished on January 1, 2006. They are no longer incorporated within any regional county municipality, but remains part of the urban agglomeration of La Tuque.

## See also

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* Municipal history of Quebec

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Le Haut-Saint-Maurice (Municipalité régionale de comté)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
2. ^ a b c "2001 Census profile: Le Haut-Saint-Maurice".
3. ^ "La Tuque (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-03-04.

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