Francheville () is a

census division Census divisions, in Canada and the United States of America, United States, are areas delineated for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government in and of themselves. The census divisions of Canada are second-lev ...

(CD) of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, with geographical code 37. It consists of

Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality Les Chenaux (meaning ''the channels'' in French) is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Mauricie region. The seat is in Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. It is located adjacent on the east of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawr ...

and the

territory equivalent to a regional county municipality An equivalent territory (french: territoire équivalent), formally known as territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (french: territoires équivalents à une MRC), is a territorial unit used by Statistics Canada and the Institut de la ...

(TE) of

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

(which is a city and also a census subdivision). It is named after the former

Francheville Regional County Municipality Francheville was a former regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it had an area of .''Rapport sur la réorganisation municipale et les équipements supra locaux dans la MRC de Franchevil ...

, which was abolished in 2002 when its constituent municipalities were reorganized into their current structure. The division had a population of 143,267 in the Canada 2006 Census. The 2006 version of Francheville census division differed from the 2001 version in that on January 1, 2002, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès moved from the defunct

Maskinongé Regional County Municipality Maskinongé is a regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Louiseville. It is located adjacent on the west of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawrence River. The population according to the 2016 Canadian Ce ...

(thus leaving the census division) and

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population wi ...

moved from the defunct

Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it consisted of: ;''Villes'' * Grand-Mère * Shawinigan * Shawinigan-Sud ;Municipalities ...

(thus joining the census division).http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf2007/Modif2006.pdf

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