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.
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:
Cities & Towns (3) Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel Saint-Ours Sorel-Tracy
Municipalities (7) Saint-Aimé Saint-David Saint-Robert Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel Yamaska
Parishes (1) Saint-Gérard-Majella
Villages (1) Massueville
Demographics Population
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 49,035 0.17% 97.1% 485 1.0% 1.0% 225 7.1% 0.4% 730 57.0% 1.4% 48,950 2.9% 97.68% 490 21.0% 0.98% 210 27.3% 0.42% 465 25.6% 0.93% 47,660 1.3% 97.55% 405 0.0% 0.83% 165 2.9% 0.34% 625 83.8% 1.28% 48,290 4.5% 98.14% 405 24.6% 0.82% 170 2.9% 0.35% 340 13.9% 0.69% 50,585 n/a 98.26% 325 n/a 0.63% 175 n/a 0.34% 395 n/a 0.77%
Transportation Access routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
Autoroutes
Principal highways
Secondary highways
External routes None
See also List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References
External links SorelTracyRegion.net, official web-portal for the region