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Trois-Rivières

Also known as Three Rivers, Trois-Rivieres

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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
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: Top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Trois-Rivières in the province of Quebec
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country

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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.

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