Country Canada Effective January 1, 1982 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 639 km² Province Québec | Region Montérégie County seat Sorel-Tracy Area code(s) 450 and 579 Population 50,900 (2011) Named for Pierre de Saurel | |
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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.
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The RCM is named after Pierre de Saurel, a captain and seigneur who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1647.
Subdivisions
There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
References
Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA