Maskinongé is a regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of

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. The seat is

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. It is located adjacent on the west of

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on the

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. The population according to the

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was 36,316, an increase of 0.1% over the 2011 population.

History

The RCM was formed on January 1, 1982, and it consisted of Hunterstown Township (now part of Saint-Paulin); Belleau Municipality (now part of

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); the parish municipalities of

, Sainte-Angèle (since renamed to Sainte-Angèle-de-Premont), Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche (now part of Yamachiche), Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup (now part of

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, Saint-Édouard (since renamed to Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé), Saint-Joseph-de-Maskinongé (now part of Maskinongé), Saint-Justin, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Paulin, Saint-Sévère, and Sainte-Ursule; and the village municipalities of Louiseville, Maskinongé, Saint-Paulin, and Yamachiche. On January 1, 2002, the municipalities of Charette, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan (since renamed to Saint-Boniface), Saint-Élie (since renamed to

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), Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, and

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were transferred to the Maskinongé Regional County Municipality when the Centre-de-la-Mauricie and Francheville Regional Counties were dissolved.

Subdivisions

There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) *

;Municipalities (11) * Charette * Maskinongé * Saint-Boniface * Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé *

* Saint-Justin *

* Saint-Paulin * Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont * Sainte-Ursule * Yamachiche ;Parishes (5) *

* Saint-Étienne-des-Grès * Saint-Léon-le-Grand * Saint-Sévère

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
/ref> * Autoroutes ** * Principal Highways ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** ** * External Routes ** None

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maskinonge Regional County Municipality, Quebec Census divisions of Quebec Regional county municipalities in Mauricie