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Pierre-De Saurel is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Originally named Le Bas-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, the name change to Pierre-De Saurel took effect on January 1, 2009. Its seat is in Sorel-Tracy. It is located on the Richelieu River, downstream from La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality at the confluence of the Richelieu and Saint Lawrence River.
The RCM is named after Pierre de Saurel, a captain and seigneur who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1647.
There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
Population: Land area: Population density: Median age: Total private dwellings: Median household income:
50,900 (+1.9% from 2006) 598.13 km2 (230.94 sq mi) 85.1/km2 (220/sq mi) 49.0 (M: 48.1, F: 50.0) 24,648 $46,235
49,932 (-0.3% from 2001) 598.13 km2 (230.94 sq mi) 83.5/km2 (216/sq mi) 46.8 (M: 45.9, F: 47.6) 23,496 $42,479
50,066 (-4.3% from 1996) 597.66 km2 (230.76 sq mi) 83.8/km2 (217/sq mi) 43.6 (M: 42.8, F: 44.4) 23,120 $37,368
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[7]
Ontario, Quebec City, Quebec, Ottawa, Aboriginal peoples in Canada
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Canada, Quebec, Montérégie, Montreal, Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
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Montérégie, Quebec, Sorel-Tracy, Saint Lawrence River, Canada
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