Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of

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. 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 population of 266,112 residents as of the 2016 Census. Its largest cities are Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan. The word ''Mauricie'' was coined by local

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and

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Albert Tessier Albert Tessier ((); March 6, 1895 – September 13, 1976) was a French-speaking Canadian priest, historian and a film maker. He was born on in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Mauricie. Life as a Priest and Educator He was ordained priest by Monsi ...

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. ...

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 M ...

administrative region into Mauricie and

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

Administrative divisions

Regional county municipalities

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 Lawre ...

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 Cen ...

Mékinac Regional County Municipality Mékinac () is a regional county municipality (MRC) in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Tite. It is composed of 10 municipalities and 4 unorganized territories. Toponymy According to t ...

Equivalent territories

* 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 sq ...

* Shawinigan * Trois-Rivières

Independent municipalities

La Bostonnais, Quebec La Bostonnais is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. The community is about north of La Tuque's town centre along Quebec Route 155. The municipality takes its name from the nearby Bostonnais and Little ...

Lac-Édouard, Quebec Lac-Édouard is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its village centre is located along the Canadian National Railway at the north end of the namesake Lake Édouard. On March 26, 2003, it became part of th ...

Nation Atikamekw

* Coucoucache, Quebec * Obedjiwan, Quebec * Wemotaci, Quebec

Major communities

* Louiseville * Maskinongé *

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique ...

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 v ...

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

* Saint-Maurice *

Saint-Tite Saint-Tite is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada, north of Trois-Rivières, in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (RCM) and in the Mauricie administrative region. In the 19th Century, the Batiscanie economy was mainly founded on f ...

* Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade * Sainte-Thècle * Shawinigan * 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 ...

School districts

10 Francophones: * Centre de services scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy: ** Trois Rivières (3 districts) ** Maskinongé and ** Francheville. * Centre de services scolaire de l'Énergie: ** Shawinigan (2 districts), **

, ** Mékinac and ** Maskinongé. Part of Anglophone: *

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Notable people

* Moïsette Olier (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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