Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie was a former regional county municipality and census division in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it consisted of:

Villes

• Grand-Mère
• Shawinigan
• Shawinigan-Sud

Municipalities

• Charette
• Lac-à-la-Tortue

Parish Municipalities

• Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
• Saint-Élie
• Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides
• Saint-Jean-des-Piles
• Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc

Villages

• Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan
• Saint-Georges-de-Champlain

Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°36′N 72°49′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Mauricie
Effective	September 1982[1]
Dissolved	December 31, 2001
County seat	Shawinigan
Government
• Type	Prefecture
Area [1][2]
• Total	1,282 km2 (495 sq mi)
• Land	1,351.66 km2 (521.88 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2001)[2]
• Total	64,841
• Density	48.0/km2 (124/sq mi)
• Pop 1996-2001	3.4%
• Dwellings	32,148
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	819

The RCM was dissolved on December 31, 2001, when the municipalities of Charette, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Saint-Élie, and Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc were transferred to the Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel was transferred to the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, and the remaining municipalities were amalgamated into the new City of Shawinigan.[3]

See also

• Municipal history of Quebec

References