Mékinac Regional County Municipality

For other uses, see Mékinac (disambiguation).

Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Mékinac
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°49′N 72°31′W / 46.817°N 72.517°W / 46.817; -72.517Coordinates: 46°49′N 72°31′W / 46.817°N 72.517°W / 46.817; -72.517[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Mauricie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Saint-Tite
Municipalities	List Saint-Tite Notre-Dame-de-Montauban Sainte-Thècle Trois-Rives Hérouxville Lac-aux-Sables Saint-Adelphe Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac Saint-Séverin Grandes-Piles Lac-Boulé Lac-Masketsi Lac-Normand Rivière-de-la-Savane
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Alain Vallée
Area [2][3]
• Total	5,554.90 km2 (2,144.76 sq mi)
• Land	5,226.08 km2 (2,017.80 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	12,924
• Density	2.5/km2 (6/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.0%
• Dwellings	8,237
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.regionmekinac.com

Mékinac is a regional county municipality (MRC) in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Tite. It is composed of 10 municipalities and 4 unorganized territories.

Contents

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  1 Toponomy
  


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  2 History
  


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  3 Subdivisions
  


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  4 Municipalities of MRC Mékinac
  


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  5 Transportation
  
  
  
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    5.1 Access Routes
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  

Toponomy

According to the Commission de Toponymie du Québec, the name Mekinac, pronounced /mekinak/ in French, has an Algonquin origin, that means "turtle". Native Americans often designated places based on the name of the animal kingdom. Once known, the toponym allowed to refer to the same place in conversations. Mikinak designation was assigned to a nearby mountain. A second thesis refers to the abundance of turtles in the area.^[2] However, the name is also similar to the historical Algonquin word mekanâc, pronounced /me:kana:ʃ/, meaning "small path". The toponym Mekinac was assigned to the Mékinac River, Mékinac Lake, at Mékinac (township), in the ex-municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac, Quebec, and town of Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac.

History

Mékinac MRC was created on January 1, 1982.

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns Saint-Tite

Municipalities Notre-Dame-de-Montauban Sainte-Thècle Trois-Rives

Parishes Hérouxville Lac-aux-Sables Saint-Adelphe Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac Saint-Séverin

Villages Grandes-Piles

Unorganized Territory Lac-Boulé Lac-Masketsi Lac-Normand Rivière-de-la-Savane

Municipalities of MRC Mékinac

Municipality	Status	Surface km2	Population (2011)[4]	Density hab./km2
Grandes-Piles	Municipality of village	120.53	361	3.0
Hérouxville	Municipality of parish	53.04	1,340	25.3
Lac-aux-Sables	Municipality of parish	270.38	1,373	5.1
Lac-Boulé	Unorganized area (Canada)	22.96	0	0.0
Lac-Masketsi	Unorganized area (Canada)	213.29	0	0.0
Lac-Normand	Unorganized area (Canada)	2,038.09	5	0.0
Notre-Dame-de-Montauban	Municipality	165.37	747	4.5
Rivière-de-la-Savane	Unorganized area (Canada)	1,088.02	0	0.0
Saint-Adelphe	Municipality of parish	137.45	952	6.9
Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac	Municipality of parish	144.59	438	3.0
Saint-Séverin	Municipality of parish	62.28	860	13.8
Saint-Tite	City	92.53	3,880	41.9
Sainte-Thècle	Municipality	213.46	2,478	11.6
Trois-Rives	Municipality	603.94	490	0.8
	Total	5,226.08	12,919	2.47

Between 2006 and 2011, the population grew by 2.0%. The MRC has 8,237 private dwellings whose 6,096 private dwellings are occupied by usual residents. The median age of the population is 52.6 years old. Statistics Canada reports that in 2011, 88.5% of the population was aged 15 and over, meanings 11,430 individuals (including 5700 men and 5730 women), divided into 3,940 private households. This census indicates that 2,070 people lived alone. Of this population, 1,880 individuals have mastered both French and English, or 14.6%.^[5]

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[6]

Autoroutes None

Principal Highways Route 153 Route 155 Route 159

Secondary Highways Route 352 Route 363 Route 367

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec


• Batiscanie, Quebec


• Batiscan River


• Rivière des Envies


• Little Mékinac North River


• Rivière du milieu (Mékinac)


• Rivière aux eaux mortes (Mékinac)


• Tawachiche River


• Tawachiche West River


• Pierre-Paul River


• Saint-Maurice River


• Mékinac River


• Mékinac Lake


• Missionary Lake


• Lake Jesuit


• Lake Traverse (Mékinac)


• Regional County Municipality


• Irénée-Marie Ecological Reserve


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  Grande-Anse (Mékinac) (hamlet)

References

1. 
   ^ Reference number 141055 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
   


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   ^ ^ab "(Code 2435) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
   


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   ^ Recensement de 2011 du Canada
   


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   ^ [Link Canada - 2011 Census Profile]
   


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   ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
   

Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
La Tuque TE Matawinie RCM Mékinac RCM Portneuf RCM Maskinongé RCM / Shawinigan (TE) Les Chenaux RCM

v t e  Administrative divisions of Mauricie  (Region 04)
Regional county municipalities .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} and equivalent territories	Mékinac Shawinigan Trois-Rivières Les Chenaux Maskinongé La Tuque
Municipalities	Saint-Tite .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Shawinigan Trois-Rivières Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Louiseville La Tuque
Administrative divisions of Quebec

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