Pierre-De Saurel
—  Regional County Municipality  —
Quebec
Coordinates (1275, chemin des Patriotes, Sorel-Tracy): 46°00′17″N 73°07′54″W / 46.00472°N 73.13167°W / 46.00472; -73.13167
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Incorporated	January 01, 1982
County seat	Sorel-Tracy
Communities	12
Government [1]
- Type	Prefecture
Area [2]
- Land	598.13 km2 (230.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
- Total	49,932
- Density	83.5/km2 (216.3/sq mi)
- Change (2001-06)	▼0.3%
- Dwellings	23,496
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Website	www.soreltracyregion.net

Pierre-De Saurel is a Regional County Municipality 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 in the Montérégie region of Quebec.

The RCM is named after Pierre de Saurel, a captain and seigneur who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1647.

Contents 1 Communities 2 Demographics 3 Access Routes 4 Bordering Counties 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Communities

• Cities and Towns
  • Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
  • Saint-Ours
  • Sorel-Tracy

• Municipalities
  • Saint-Aimé
  • Saint-David
  • Saint-Robert
  • Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu
  • Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
  • Yamaska

• Village Municipalities
  • Massueville

• Parish Municipalities
  • Saint-Gérard-Majella
  • Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel

[edit] Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	47,660	97.55%
English only	405	0.83%
Both English and French	165	0.34%
Other languages	625	1.28%

[edit] Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[3]

Autoroutes A-30

Principal Highways Route 122 Route 132 Route 133

Secondary Highways Route 223 Route 235 Route 239

External Routes None

[edit] Bordering Counties

		Saint Lawrence River / D'Autray	Nicolet-Yamaska
	Lajemmerais		Drummond
		Pierre-De Saurel
	La Vallée-du-Richelieu	Les Maskoutains

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (French) SorelTracyRegion.net, official web-portal for the region

Coordinates: 45°58′3.3″N 72°58′41.6″W / 45.967583°N 72.978222°W / 45.967583; -72.978222

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