Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec.

La Mauricie National Park La Mauricie National Park (french: Parc national de la Mauricie) is a national park located near Shawinigan in the Laurentian mountains, in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It covers in the southern Canadian Shield region bordering the Sa ...

is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km² (13,845.64 sq mi) and a population of 266,112 residents as of the

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. Its largest cities are Trois-Rivières and

Shawinigan Shawinigan () is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,349 as of the 2016 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) an ...

. The word ''Mauricie'' was coined by local priest and historian Albert Tessier and is based on the

Saint-Maurice river The Saint-Maurice River (french: Rivière Saint-Maurice; Atikamekw: ''Tapiskwan sipi'') flows north to south in central Quebec from Gouin Reservoir to empty into the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. F ...

which runs through the region on a North-South axis. Mauricie administrative region was created on August 20, 1997 from the split of

Mauricie–Bois-Francs Mauricie–Bois-Francs was a former administrative region of Quebec. It ceased to exist on July 30, 1997 (or August 20, 1997, upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec) when it was split into the modern-day administrative regions of Ma ...

administrative region into Mauricie and

Centre-du-Québec Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 Census population of 242,399 inhabitants. Description The Centre-du- ...

. However, the concept of Mauricie as a traditional region long predates this.

Administrative divisions

Regional county municipalities

* Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality * Maskinongé Regional County Municipality * Mékinac Regional County Municipality

Equivalent territories

* Agglomeration of La Tuque *

* Trois-Rivières

Independent municipalities

* La Bostonnais, Quebec * Lac-Édouard, Quebec

Nation Atikamekw

* Coucoucache, Quebec *

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* Wemotaci, Quebec

Major communities

* La Tuque *

Louiseville Louiseville is a town in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located near the mouth of the 'Rivière-du-Loup', on the north shore of Lac Saint-Pierre. Louiseville is twinned with Soissons in France and Cerfontaine in ...

* Maskinongé * Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel *

Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Saint-Alexis-des-Monts is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located in the Laurentian Mountains, having a topography that is characterized by valleys and rounded hills, with an altitude varyi ...

* Saint-Boniface * Saint-Étienne-des-Grès

* Saint-Maurice * Saint-Tite * Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade *

Sainte-Thècle Sainte-Thècle is a Canadian municipality located in the province of Quebec in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in the Batiscanie watershed, in the administrative region of Mauricie. This municipality of 216 square kilometres is known ...

* Trois-Rivières *

Yamachiche Yamachiche () is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Etymology The name Yamachiche was first used to identify the Little Yamachiche River (''Petite rivière Yamachiche'') which runs through the town. It came ...

School districts

10 Francophones: * Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy: **

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(3 districts) ** Maskinongé and ** Francheville. *

Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie The Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie is a francophone school service centre in the Mauricie region of Quebec, headquartered in Shawinigan. The territory served is divide in 5 districts: #District Shawinigan- Grand-Mère #District Maskino ...

: **

(2 districts), ** La Tuque, ** Mékinac and ** Maskinongé. Part of Anglophone: * Central Quebec School Board

Notable people

Moïsette Olier Corinne P. Beauchemin (September 30, 1885 – June 17, 1972), known better by her pen name, Moïsette Olier was a Canadian writer from Quebec. Biography Corinne P. Beauchemin was born in Forges du Saint-Maurice, September 30, 1885. Olier was a ...

(1885–1972), writer * Jacques Plante (1929–1986), ice hockey goaltender

References

External links

Portail de la Mauricie
Official website
Tourisme Mauricie
Regional tourist office
CRÉ
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