La Région-Sherbrookoise was a former
regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , 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 regional municipality.
Regional county municipalit ...
in the
Canadian province
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of
Quebec
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. Prior to September 12, 1998 it was known as Sherbrooke Regional County Municipality.
It ceased to exist when most of it amalgamated into the expanded city of
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...
on January 1, 2002.
Subdivisions
La Région-Sherbrookoise RCM consisted of:
* the Municipality of
Ascot
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* the City of
Bromptonville
* the Municipality of
Deauville
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* the City of
Fleurimont
* the City of
Lennoxville
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Lenn ...
* the City of
Rock Forest
* the Municipality of
Saint-Élie-d'Orford
* the City of
Sherbrooke
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* the City of
Waterville
History
The City of Bromptonville and the Township of Brompton joined Sherbrooke Regional County Municipality on June 12, 1996. Until then, both had been parts of
Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
Le Val-Saint-François () is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Richmond.
Subdivisions
There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (3)
* Richmond
* Valcourt
* Windsor
;Municipal ...
. They merged to form the new City of Bromptonville on December 30, 1998. Bromptonville merged into the new City of Sherbrooke on January 1, 2002 and became the
borough of Brompton, but part of the former city was annexed to
Stoke
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* Stoke Bishop
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* Little Stoke
* Harry Stoke
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instead.
Dissolution
On January 1, 2002, all of the above except Waterville amalgamated into the newly expanded City of Sherbooke, as part of the 2001–2002
municipal reorganization in Quebec
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. Waterville remained independent and moved to
Coaticook Regional County Municipality
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History
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.
See also
*
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 dist ...
*
Boroughs of Sherbrooke
The city of Sherbrooke, Quebec is divided into four boroughs (in French, ''arrondissements''), each with a president and council.
Powers
The borough council is responsible for:
*Fire prevention
*Removal of household waste and residual material ...
References
External links
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Former regional county municipalities in Quebec
Populated places disestablished in 2002
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