Mauricie–Bois-Francs was a former

administrative region Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

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 ...

. It ceased to exist on July 30, 1997 (or August 20, 1997, upon publication in the

Gazette officielle du Québec The ''Gazette officielle du Québec'' is an official publication of the Quebec government. It is used to promulgate new laws and regulations, which thereby become official. It was founded on January 16, 1869. An earlier ''Gazette de Québec'' w ...

) when it was split into the modern-day administrative regions of

Mauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park 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 popu ...

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- ...

. It consisted of the following

regional county municipalities The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...

: * Francheville * Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie * Le Haut-Saint-Maurice * Maskinongé * Mékinac which became part of Mauricie, and: * Arthabaska * Bécancour * Drummond * L'Érable * Nicolet-Yamaska which became part of Centre-du-Québec.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mauricie-Bois-Francs Former administrative regions of Quebec