Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

46°36′N 72°49′W / 46.600°N 72.817°W / 46.600; -72.817^[1]Country

QuebecRegionMauricieEffectiveSeptember 1982^[1]DissolvedDecember 31, 2001County seatShawiniganGovernment

• TypePrefectureArea

^[1]^[2]

• Total1,282 km² (495 sq mi) • Land1,351.66 km² (521.88 sq mi) There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sourcesPopulation

(2001)^[2]

• Total64,841 • Density48.0/km² (124/sq mi) • Pop 1996-2001

3.4% • Dwellings

32,148Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code819

Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada.

Subdivisions

Prior to its dissolution, it consisted of:

The RCM was dissolved on December 31, 2001, when the municipalities of Charette, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Saint-Élie, and Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc were transferred to the Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel was transferred to the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, and the remaining municipalities were amalgamated into the new City of Shawinigan.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141082". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "2001 Census profile: Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie".
^ Commission Municipale du Québec, Rapport au Ministre des Affaires Municipales et de la Métropole, Monsieur André Boisclair, sur les Équipements, Infrastructures, Services et Activités à Caractère Supralocal (Éisa) – Municipalité Régionale de Comté du Centre-de-la-Mauricie ("Online version" (PDF).)