- Charette, Quebec
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Charette — Municipality — Church Notre-Dame-des-Neiges
CharetteCoordinates: 46°27′N 72°56′W / 46.45°N 72.933°WCoordinates: 46°27′N 72°56′W / 46.45°N 72.933°W Country 
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QuebecRegion Mauricie RCM Maskinongé Settled ca. 1875 Established February 9, 1918 Government - Mayor Claude Boulanger - Federal riding Berthier—Maskinongé - Prov. riding Maskinongé Area[1][2] - Total 42.55 km2 (16.4 sq mi) - Land 41.52 km2 (16 sq mi) Population (2006)[2] - Total 924 - Density 22.3/km2 (57.8/sq mi) Time zone EST (UTC-5) - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) Postal code G0X 1E0 Area code(s) 819 Charette is a municipality of 924[2] people located in Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.
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History
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.[3]
On December 31, 2001, Charette was added to the Maskinongé RCM when the Centre-de-la-Mauricie RCM was dissolved.
Demographics
Population trend:[4]
- Population in 2006: 924 (2001 to 2006 population change: -1.8 %)
- Population in 2001: 941
- Population in 1996: 962
- Population in 1991: 968
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 412 (total dwellings: 451)
Mother tongue:[2]
- 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
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 Current References
- ^ Ministère des Affaires Municipales, Régions et Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Charette
- ^ a b c d "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data". Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. 2007-03-13. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=302&SR=101&S=1&O=A&RPP=25&PR=24&CMA=0. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- ^ "Charette (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/CT/toposweb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=12404. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 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)
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and equivalent territoriesMékinac · Shawinigan · Trois-Rivières · Les Chenaux · Maskinongé · La Tuque
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