Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality


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 and seigneur who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1647.

Subdivisions

There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:
Cities & Towns Municipalities Parishes Villages
Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel

Saint-Ours

Sorel-Tracy
Saint-Aimé

Saint-David

Saint-Robert

Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu

Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel

Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel

Yamaska
Saint-Gérard-MajellaMassueville

Demographics

Population

Language

Transportation

Access routes

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