Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Pierre-De Saurel

Regional county municipality

Location in province of Quebec.

Coordinates: 45°58′N 73°00′W﻿ / ﻿45.967°N 73.000°W﻿ / 45.967; -73.000[1]
Country|  Canada
Province|  Quebec
Region| Montérégie
Effective| January 1, 1982
Named after| Pierre de Saurel
County seat| Sorel-Tracy
Government

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• Type| Prefecture
• Prefect| Gilles Salvas
Area

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• Total

| 639.00 km2 (246.72 sq mi)
• Land| 597.55 km2 (230.72 sq mi)
Population

(2016)[3]

• Total

| 51,025
• Density| 85.4/km2 (221/sq mi)
• Change
2011-2016

|  0.2%
• Dwellings

| 25,425
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)| 450 and 579
Website| www.mrcpierredesaurel.com

Pierre-De Saurel (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də soʁɛl]) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Originally named Le Bas-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, the name change to Pierre-De Saurel took effect on January 1, 2009. Its seat is in Sorel-Tracy. It is located on the Richelieu River, downstream from La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality at the confluence of the Richelieu and Saint Lawrence River.

The RCM is named after Pierre de Saurel, a captain of the Carignan-Salières Regiment who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1666 and later became the area's seigneur.[4]

## Subdivisions

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There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]

Cities & Towns (3)

* Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
* Saint-Ours
* Sorel-Tracy

Municipalities (7)

* Saint-Aimé
* Saint-David
* Saint-Robert
* Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu
* Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
* Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel
* Yamaska

Parishes (1)

* Saint-Gérard-Majella

Villages (1)

* Massueville

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## Demographics

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### Population

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Canada census – Pierre-De Saurel community profile

| 2021| 2016| 2011

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Population| 51,843 (+1.6% from 2016)| 51,025 (+0.2% from 2011)| 50,900 (+1.9% from 2006)
Land area| 595.13 km2 (229.78 sq mi)| 597.55 km2 (230.72 sq mi)| 598.13 km2 (230.94 sq mi)
Population density| 87.1/km2 (226/sq mi)| 85.4/km2 (221/sq mi)| 85.1/km2 (220/sq mi)
Median age| 51.6 (M: 50, F: 53.2)| 51.0 (M: 49.5, F: 52.3)| 49.0 (M: 48.1, F: 50.0)
Private dwellings| 24,725 (total) | 25,425 (total) | 24,648 (total)
Median household income| | $52,922| $46,235

References: 2021[5] 2016[6] 2011[7]

Historical Census Data - Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1991 | 53,909| —
1996 | 52,289| −3.0%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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2001 | 50,066| −4.3%
2006 | 49,932| −0.3%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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2011 | 50,900| +1.9%
2016 | 51,025| +0.2%
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### Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec[8]

Census  |  | Total  |  |

French

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English

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French & English

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Other

Year  |  | Responses  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %

2016

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50,390

|  | 49,035  |  0.17%  | 97.1%  |  | 485  |  1.0%  | 1.0%  |  | 225  |  7.1%  | 0.4%  |  | 730  |  57.0%  | 1.4%

2011

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50,200

|  | 48,950  |  2.9%  | 97.68%  |  | 490  |  21.0%  | 0.98%  |  | 210  |  27.3%  | 0.42%  |  | 465  |  25.6%  | 0.93%

2006

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48,855

|  | 47,660  |  1.3%  | 97.55%  |  | 405  |  0.0%  | 0.83%  |  | 165  |  2.9%  | 0.34%  |  | 625  |  83.8%  | 1.28%

2001

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49,205

|  | 48,290  |  4.5%  | 98.14%  |  | 405  |  24.6%  | 0.82%  |  | 170  |  2.9%  | 0.35%  |  | 340  |  13.9%  | 0.69%

1996

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51,480

|  | 50,585  | n/a  | 98.26%  |  | 325  | n/a  | 0.63%  |  | 175  | n/a  | 0.34%  |  | 395  | n/a  | 0.77%

## Transportation

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### Access routes

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[9]

* Autoroutes
* A-30

* Principal highways
* R-122
* R-132
* R-133

* Secondary highways
* R-223
* R-235
* R-239

* External routes
* None

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## See also

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* List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

## References

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1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 402521". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 530". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Pierre-De Saurel, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
4. ^ Verney, Jack (1991). The Good Regiment: The Carignan-Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queens University Press. ISBN 978-0773518186.
5. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
6. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
7. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
8. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
9. ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map

## External links

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* (in French) SorelTracyRegion.net, official web-portal for the region

* v
* t
* e

Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories

|  | Saint Lawrence River
D'Autray RCM | Nicolet-Yamaska RCM

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|  |
Marguerite-D'Youville RCM |

Pierre-De Saurel RCM

| Drummond RCM
|  |
La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM | Les Maskoutains RCM |

* v
* t
* e

Administrative divisions of Montérégie (Region 16)

Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories|

* Acton
* Pierre-De Saurel
* Les Maskoutains
* Rouville
* Le Haut-Richelieu
* La Vallée-du-Richelieu
* Longueuil
* Marguerite-D'Youville
* Roussillon
* Les Jardins-de-Napierville
* Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
* Beauharnois-Salaberry
* Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Municipalities|

* Cowansville
* Granby
* Sorel-Tracy
* Saint-Hyacinthe
* Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
* Chambly
* Saint-Basile-le-Grand
* Mont-Saint-Hilaire
* Beloeil
* Brossard
* Saint-Lambert
* Boucherville
* Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
* Longueuil
* Sainte-Julie
* Varennes
* La Prairie
* Candiac
* Sainte-Catherine
* Saint-Constant
* Mercier
* Châteauguay
* Beauharnois
* Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
* Pincourt
* Vaudreuil-Dorion
* Saint-Lazare

Administrative divisions of Quebec

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* VIAF

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