Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Pierre-De Saurel
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Quebec
Coordinates (1275, chemin des Patriotes, Sorel-Tracy):
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Incorporated	January 01, 1982
County seat	Sorel-Tracy
Communities	12
Government[1]
• Type	Prefecture
Area[2]
• Land	598.13 km2 (230.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
• Total	49,932
• Density	83.5/km2 (216.3/sq mi)
• Change (2001-06)	0.3%
• Dwellings	23,496
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Website	www.soreltracyregion.net

Pierre-De Saurel is a Regional County Municipality 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 in the Montérégie region of Quebec.

The RCM is named after Pierre de Saurel, a captain and seigneur who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1647.

Contents 1 Communities 2 Demographics 3 Access routes 4 Bordering counties 5 References 6 External links

Communities

• Cities and Towns
  • Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
  • Saint-Ours
  • Sorel-Tracy

• Municipalities
  • Saint-Aimé
  • Saint-David
  • Saint-Robert
  • Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu
  • Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
  • Yamaska

• Village Municipalities
  • Massueville

• Parish Municipalities
  • Saint-Gérard-Majella
  • Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	47,660	97.55%
English only	405	0.83%
Both English and French	165	0.34%
Other languages	625	1.28%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[3]

Autoroutes A-30

Principal highways Route 122 Route 132 Route 133

Secondary highways Route 223 Route 235 Route 239

External routes None

Bordering counties

		Saint Lawrence River / D'Autray	Nicolet-Yamaska
	Marguerite-d'Youville		Drummond
		Pierre-De Saurel
	La Vallée-du-Richelieu	Les Maskoutains

References

External links

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

Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16) Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories Brome-Missisquoi · La Haute-Yamaska · 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 · Belœil · 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