Mauricie
Sign in to saveMauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mauricie
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Administrative region
- Settlement.image_map
- Mauricie in Quebec.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.parts_type
- Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)
- Settlement.parts_style
- coll
- Settlement.parts
- 3 RCM, 3 ET
- Settlement.p1
- Les Chenaux
- Settlement.p2
- Maskinongé
- Settlement.p3
- Mékinac Regional County Municipality
- Settlement.p4
- La Tuque (ET)
- Settlement.p5
- Shawinigan (ET)
- Settlement.p6
- Trois-Rivières (ET)
- Settlement.leader_party
- President
- Settlement.leader_title
- Table des élus de la Mauricie (Regional conference of elected officers)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative region of Quebec
- Named after
- Saint-Maurice river
- Official name
- Mauricie
- Demonym
- Mauricienne
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Quebec
- Contains
- Maskinongé
- Capital
- Trois-Rivières
- Population
- 273055
- Area
- 35452
- Shares border with
- Laurentides
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- Commons category
- Mauricie
- topic's main category
- Category:Mauricie
- code
- 04
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Administrative divisions
- Regional county municipalities
- Equivalent territories
- Independent municipalities
- [[Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw|Nation Atikamekw]]
- Major communities
- School districts
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. 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 priest and historian Albert Tessier and is based on the Saint-Maurice river which runs through the region on a North-South axis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mauricie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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