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Pierre-De Saurel
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°58′N 73°00′W / 45.967°N 73.000°W / 45.967; -73.000
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
Named for	Pierre de Saurel
County seat	Sorel-Tracy
Government
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Gilles Salvas
Area
• Total	639.00 km (246.72 sq mi)
• Land	597.55 km (230.72 sq mi)
Population
• Total	51,025
• Density	85.4/km (221/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	0.2%
• Dwellings	25,425
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcpierredesaurel.com

Pierre-De Saurel (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də soʁɛl]) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region 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.

The RCM is named after Pierre de Saurel, a captain of the Carignan-Salières Regiment who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1666 and later became the area's seigneur.

Subdivisions

There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		50,390		49,035	0.17%	97.1%		485	1.0%	1.0%		225	7.1%	0.4%		730	57.0%	1.4%
2011		50,200		48,950	2.9%	97.68%		490	21.0%	0.98%		210	27.3%	0.42%		465	25.6%	0.93%
2006		48,855		47,660	1.3%	97.55%		405	0.0%	0.83%		165	2.9%	0.34%		625	83.8%	1.28%
2001		49,205		48,290	4.5%	98.14%		405	24.6%	0.82%		170	2.9%	0.35%		340	13.9%	0.69%
1996		51,480		50,585	n/a	98.26%		325	n/a	0.63%		175	n/a	0.34%		395	n/a	0.77%

Transportation

Access routes

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

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 402521". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 530". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Pierre-De Saurel, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
4. Verney, Jack (1991). The Good Regiment: The Carignan-Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queens University Press. ISBN 978-0773518186.
5. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
6. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
7. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
8. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
9. Official Transport Quebec Road Map

External links

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

v t e Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Saint Lawrence River D'Autray RCM Nicolet-Yamaska RCM Marguerite-D'Youville RCM Pierre-De Saurel RCM Drummond RCM La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Les Maskoutains RCM

v t e  Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16)
Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories	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 Beloeil 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

• Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
• Census divisions of Quebec
• 1982 establishments in Quebec