Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality was a former
regional county municipality and
census division in the
Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada.
It was formed on January 1, 1982, and dissolved on March 26, 2003, when it was amalgamated in its entirety into the new
City of La Tuque.
The
La Tuque census division, a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality, is contiguous with the former Le Haut-Saint-Maurice RCM.
Based on the last census prior to its dissolution, Le Haut-Saint-Maurice consisted of:
:
* Totals include the three native reserves of Coucoucache, Wemotaci, and Obedjiwan, but were not administratively part of the RCM.
Following a
2004 referendum, the municipalities of
La Bostonnais and
Lac-Édouard separated from La Tuque and were reestablished on January 1, 2006. They are no longer incorporated within any regional county municipality, but remains part of the
urban agglomeration of La Tuque
La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 s ...
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See also
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Municipal history of Quebec
The municipal history of Quebec started in 1796 with the creation of administrations for Montréal and Quebec City, but it really developed immediately prior to the creation of the Province of Canada in 1841 with the formation of municipal distr ...
References
Former regional county municipalities in Quebec
Populated places disestablished in 2003
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