Charette (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁɛt] ⓘ) is a municipality of about 1000 people located in Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.
Charette | |
|---|---|
 Church Notre-Dame-des-Neiges | |
 Location within Maskinongé RCM. | |
  Charette Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°27′N 72°56′W / 46.450°N 72.933°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | Maskinongé |
| Settled | c. 1875 |
| Constituted | February 9, 1918 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Claude Boulanger |
| • Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| • Prov. riding | Maskinongé |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.20 km2 (16.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 41.90 km2 (16.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,034 |
| • Density | 24.7/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  8.5% |
| • Dwellings | 519 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-350  R-351 |
| Website | www.municipalite -charette.ca |
History edit
Charette is named in honour of one of its first settlers, Édouard Charette, originally from Sainte-Ursule, who built a saw mill and flour mill around 1875. In 1910, the post office opened and in 1918, the Municipality of Charette was established when the Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (formed in 1914) was incorporated. Its railway station identified the place with the English name of Charette's Mills for a period of time.[1]
On December 31, 2001, Charette was added to the Maskinongé RCM when Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality was dissolved.
Demographics edit
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2021: 1,034 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.5%)
- Population in 2016: 953
- Population in 2011: 993
- Population in 2006: 924
- Population in 2001: 941
- Population in 1996: 962
- Population in 1991: 968
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 485 (total dwellings: 519)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 0%
- French as first language: 99%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 1%
List of mayors edit
The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Charette has had fourteen mayors.[5] Officially, municipal elections in Charette are on a non-partisan basis.
| # | Mayor | Taking Office | Leaving |
| 1 | Joseph de Charette [6] | 1918 | 1927 |
| 2 | Alphonse de Charette | 1927 | 1933 |
| 3 | Hermile Gélinas | 1933 | 1937 |
| 4 | Wilfrid Bellemare [7] | 1937 | 1939 |
| 5 | Raymond Gélinas | 1939 | 1941 |
| 6 | Clément De Charette | 1941 | 1943 |
| 7 | Viatime Gélinas | 1943 | 1945 |
| 8 | Louis Lesieur | 1945 | 1947 |
| 9 | Adélard Matteau | 1947 | 1949 |
| 3 | Hermile Gélinas | 1949 | 1951 |
| 10 | Gérard Matteau | 1951 | 1961 |
| 11 | Marcel Bournival | 1961 | 1967 |
| 12 | Germain Gélinas | 1967 | 1971 |
| 11 | Marcel Bournival | 1971 | 1995 |
| 13 | Pauline St-Yves | 1995 | 1999 |
| 14 | Claude Boulanger | 1999 | 2009 |
| 15 | Guy Diamond | 2009 | 2013 [8] |
| 14 | Claude Boulanger | 2013 [9] | Current |
References edit
- ^ a b "Charette (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Charette Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Charette, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- ^ Source: Patricia Adam, Deputy General Manager of the Municipality of Charette
- ^ De Charette served as Mayor of Saint-Barnabé-Nord from 1907 to 1910.
- ^ Bellemare belonged to a group of residents who submitted a petition to the provincial legislature of Quebec in December 1917, requesting the municipal incorporation of Charette. See: Les débats de l'Assemblée législative, 14th Legislature, 2nd Session (from December 4, 1917 to February 9, 1918)
- ^ Martin Lafrenière, Guy Diamond quittera la mairie de Charette, Le Nouvelliste, September 6, 2013
- ^ Martin Lafrenière, Claude Boulanger veut redevenir maire de Charette, Le Nouvelliste, September 30, 2013
External links edit
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