Maskinongé | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Coordinates: 46°19′N 72°56′W / 46.317°N 72.933°WCoordinates: 46°19′N 72°56′W / 46.317°N 72.933°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Mauricie |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Louiseville |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Robert Lalonde |
Area | |
• Total | 2,502.40 km2 (966.18 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,387.45 km2 (921.80 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 36,286 |
• Density | 15.2/km2 (39/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 1.8% |
• Dwellings | 18,483 |
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 819 |
Website | www |
Maskinongé is a regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Louiseville. It is located adjacent on the west of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawrence River.
The population according to the Canada 2011 Census is 36,286.
The RCM was formed on January 1, 1982, and it consisted of Hunterstown Township (now part of Saint-Paulin); Belleau Municipality (now part of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts); the parish municipalities of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Sainte-Angèle (since renamed to Sainte-Angèle-de-Premont), Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche (now part of Yamachiche), Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup (now part of Louiseville), Saint-Barnabé, Saint-Édouard (since renamed to Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé), Saint-Joseph-de-Maskinongé (now part of Maskinongé), Saint-Justin, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Paulin, Saint-Sévère, and Sainte-Ursule; and the village municipalities of Louiseville, Maskinongé, Saint-Paulin, and Yamachiche.