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Trois-Rivières
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Key facts
- Settlement.timezone
- EST
- Settlement.name
- Trois-Rivières
- Settlement.official_name
- Ville de Trois-Rivières
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Trois-Rivières.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 135x90px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Blason ville ca Trois-Rivieres.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x75px
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Logo of Trois-Rivières, Quebec.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Logo
- Settlement.blank_emblem_size
- 100x75px
- Settlement.motto
- Deus nobiscum quis contra ("If God is with us, who can be against us")
- Settlement.image_map
- Région métropolitaine de Trois-Rivières-blank.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Trois-Rivières metropolitan area
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Quebec#Canada
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- Top
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Trois-Rivières in the province of Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Trois-Rivières
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Mauricie
- Population
- 144472
- Area
- 288.92
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Body of water
- Saint-Maurice river
- Capital of
- Mauricie
- Shares border with
- Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality
- Official website
- www.v3r.net
- Image
- Trois-Rivières fleuve.jpg
- Motto
- Deus nobiscum quis contra
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- Commons category
- Trois-Rivières, Quebec
- topic's main category
- Category:Trois-Rivières
- inception
- 2002-01-01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Trois-Rivières, Quebec
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Trois-Rivières, Quebec
- name
- Ka mitapetinowok
- Commons gallery
- Trois-Rivières
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Trois-Rivières
- twinned administrative body
- Jinzhou
- different from
- Trois-Rivières
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- number of viewers/listeners
- 657276
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- City name
- History
- Geography
- Islands
- Climate
- Demographics
- Language
- Religion
- Ethnicity
- Economy
- Arts and culture
- Attractions
- Cityscape
- Sports
- Government
- City council
- Municipal reorganization
- Infrastructure
- Education
- Media
- Notable people
- Sister cities
- See also
- Notes
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- External links
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Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour. It is part of the densely populated Quebec City–Windsor Corridor and is approximately halfway between Montreal and Quebec City. Trois-Rivières is the economic and cultural hub of the Mauricie region. The settlement was founded by French colonists on July 4, 1634, as the second permanent settlement in New France, after Quebec City in 1608.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trois-Rivières” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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