Francheville was a former regional county municipality in the Mauricie region 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 ...

, Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it had an area of .''Rapport sur la réorganisation municipale et les équipements supra locaux dans la MRC de Francheville'' () The RCM was dissolved on December 31, 2001, when Saint-Étienne-des-Grès was transferred to the

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 ...

, the municipalities of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Pointe-du-Lac, Saint-Louis-de-France, Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap, Trois-Rivières and Trois-Rivières-Ouest were merged into the new City 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 and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of ...

, and the remaining municipalities became part of the new

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 ...

. Although the division no longer functions as a regional county municipality in the political sense, the amalgamated city of Trois-Rivières and the regional county municipality of Les Chenaux are still grouped together as the census division of Francheville by Statistics Canada for census purposes. The division had a population of 143,267 in the Canada 2006 Census.Canada 2006 Census Community Profiles: Francheville
Statistics Canada.

Subdivisions

Prior to its dissolution, the RCM consisted of:

''Villes''

Cap-de-la-Madeleine Cap-de-la-Madeleine is a former city in Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and the St. Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into the City of Trois-Rivières in 2002. Population (2006 census) 33,022. History Cap-de-la-M ...

* Saint-Louis-de-France *

Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap is a former town in Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into the City of Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at ...

* Trois-Rivières-Ouest

Municipalities

* Batiscan * Champlain *

Pointe-du-Lac Pointe-du-Lac is one of the six boroughs of the city of Trois-Rivières and a former municipality in Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River. It was founded in 1738 and its current church dates from 1882. Another old building in the village is the ...

* Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes * Saint-Stanislas *

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade () is a municipality in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. The town is located near the mouth of the Sainte-Anne River along the ''Chemin du Roy'', ...

Parish municipalities

* Saint-Étienne-des-Grès * Saint-Maurice *

Saint-Narcisse Saint-Narcisse is a parish municipality located in the regional county municipality (MRC) Chenaux, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Located on the North Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, about ...

* Saint-Prosper * Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan

References

{{Administrative divisions of Quebec region, Mauricie Former regional county municipalities in Quebec Populated places disestablished in 2002

Subdivisions

''Villes''

Municipalities

Parish municipalities

See also

References