Francheville | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°25′W / 46.500°N 72.417°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| Effective | January 1982[1] |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2001 |
| County seat | Trois-Rivières |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,125 km2 (434 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,137.30 km2 (439.11 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2001)[2] | |
| • Total | 138,355 |
| • Density | 121.7/km2 (315/sq mi) |
| • Change (1996–2001) |  1.6% |
| • Dwellings | 65,022 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 819 or 418 |
Francheville was a former regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it had an area of 1,124 square kilometres (434 sq mi).[3]
The RCM was dissolved on December 31, 2001, when Saint-Étienne-des-Grès was transferred to the Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, the municipalities of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Pointe-du-Lac, Saint-Louis-de-France, Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap, Trois-Rivières and Trois-Rivières-Ouest were merged into the new City of Trois-Rivières, and the remaining municipalities became part of the new Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality.[3]
Although the division no longer functions as a regional county municipality in the political sense, the amalgamated city of Trois-Rivières and the regional county municipality of Les Chenaux are still grouped together as the census division of Francheville by Statistics Canada for census purposes. The division had a population of 143,267 in the Canada 2006 Census.[4]
