Sorel, Quebec
| Sorel-Tracy | |
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View of the Sorel port.
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 Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM. |
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 Sorel-Tracy
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| Coordinates: 46°02′N 73°07′W / 46.033°N 73.117°WCoordinates: 46°02′N 73°07′W / 46.033°N 73.117°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Pierre-De Saurel |
| Constituted | March 15, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serge Péloquin |
| • Federal riding | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
| • Prov. riding | Richelieu |
| Area | |
| • City | 66.70 km2 (25.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 58.07 km2 (22.42 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 233.78 km2 (90.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • City | 34,600 |
| • Density | 595.9/km2 (1,543/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 47,772 |
| • Metro density | 204.3/km2 (529/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 1.5% |
| • Dwellings | 16,737 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J3P |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-30
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 Route 132 Route 133 Route 223
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| Website | www |
Sorel-Tracy (/sɔːˈrɛl træˈsiː/; French: [sɔʁɛl tʁaˈsi]) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Lake Champlain Valley at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre downstream and east of nearby Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 34,600. Its mayor is Serge Péloquin and it is the seat of the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality and the judicial district of Richelieu.
The city is the result of a voluntary amalgamation in 2001 between two cities, Sorel and Tracy. The Richelieu River separates the two communities; Tracy on the west shore and Sorel on the east shore. Sorel itself had annexed in 1992 the municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel which corresponds today to the southern part of its territory.
Sorel was founded in 1642. Tracy was founded on February 10, 1954. Prior to 1954, Tracy was known as the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph de Sorel (not to be confused with the town of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, an independent municipality north of Tracy).
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