- Source: Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
Pierre-De Saurel (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də soʁɛl]) 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 of the Carignan-Salières Regiment who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1666 and later became the area's seigneur.
Subdivisions
There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:
Demographics
= Population
== Language
=Transportation
= Access routes
=Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
See also
List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References
External links
(in French) SorelTracyRegion.net, official web-portal for the region
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
- List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
- Roussillon Regional County Municipality
- Sorel-Tracy
- Pierre de Saurel
- Yamaska, Quebec
- Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality
- Massueville
- Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
- Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel
