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Pierre-De Saurel
—  Regional County Municipality  â€”
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)	â–¼0.3%
- 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.

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

Demographics

Mother tongue language from Canada 2006 Census

Access Routes

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

Bordering Counties

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

References

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

Administrative divisions of Montérégie  (Region 16) Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories Brome-Missisquoi  · La Haute-Yamaska Â· Acton  · Pierre-De Saurel Â· Les Maskoutains Â· Rouville  · Le Haut-Richelieu Â· La Vallée-du-Richelieu Â· Longueuil Â· Lajemmerais  · Roussillon  · Les Jardins-de-Napierville Â· Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Â· Beauharnois-Salaberry  · Vaudreuil-Soulanges Major1 municipalities Cowansville Â· Granby Â· Sorel-Tracy Â· Saint-Hyacinthe  · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu  · Chambly Â· Saint-Basile-le-Grand  · Mont-Saint-Hilaire  · Beloeil Â· Brossard Â· Saint-Lambert Â· Boucherville Â· Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville  · Longueuil Â· Sainte-Julie Â· Varennes Â· La Prairie Â· Candiac Â· Sainte-Catherine Â· Saint-Constant Â· Mercier Â· Châteauguay Â· Beauharnois Â· Salaberry-de-Valleyfield  · Pincourt Â· Vaudreuil-Dorion  · Saint-Lazare Administrative divisions of Quebec