Mauricie
Mauricie | |
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Country | Canada |
province | Quebec |
Administrative headquarters | Trois-Rivières |
Residents | 262,340 (2011) |
surface | 35,451.7 km² |
Population density | 7.4 inhabitants / km² |
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Mauricie is an administrative region ( French région administrative ) in the south of the Canadian province of Québec .
It is further divided into three regional county municipalities (municipalités régionales de comté) and 49 municipalities, reserves and unincorporated areas. The administrative seat is in Trois-Rivières .
The population is 262,340 (2011), the land area 35,451.7 km², which corresponds to a population density of 7.4 inhabitants per km². 98.8% of the population speak French and 0.2% English as their main language.
In the north Mauricie borders on the North-du-Québec region , in the northeast on Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean , in the east on Capitale-Nationale , in the south on Center-du-Québec , in the west on Lanaudière and Laurentides , in the north-west Outaouais and Abitibi-Témiscamingue .
The region is named after the Saint-Maurice river .
structure
Regional County Councils (MRC):
Cities outside an MRC:
- La Tuque (part of the Agglomération de La Tuque)
- Shawinigan
- Trois-Rivières
Municipalities outside an MRC:
- La Bostonnais (part of the Agglomération de La Tuque)
- Lac-Édouard (part of the Agglomération de La Tuque)
Reserves outside an MRC:
literature
- Richard Lalumière, Michel Thibault: Les forêts du Parc national de la Mauricie, au Québec , Les presses de l'Université Laval 1988.
Web links
- Website of the Mauricie region
- Statistical data ( Memento from June 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive )