Charette, Quebec

Charette is a municipality of about 1000 people located in Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.

Charette
Municipality
Church Notre-Dame-des-Neiges
Location within Maskinongé RCM.
Charette
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°27′N 72°56′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMauricie
RCMMaskinongé
Settledc. 1875
ConstitutedFebruary 9, 1918
Government
 • MayorGuy Diamond
 • Federal ridingBerthier—Maskinongé
 • Prov. ridingMaskinongé
Area
 • Total42.20 km2 (16.29 sq mi)
 • Land41.52 km2 (16.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total993
 • Density23.9/km2 (62/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 7.5%
 • Dwellings
479
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0X 1E0
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 350
Route 351
Websitewww.municipalite
-charette.ca

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.[1]

On December 31, 2001, Charette was added to the Maskinongé RCM when Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality was dissolved.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2011: 993 (2006 to 2011 population change: 7.5%)
  • Population in 2006: 924
  • Population in 2001: 941
  • Population in 1996: 962
  • Population in 1991: 968

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 442 (total dwellings: 479)

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

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
  1. "Charette (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Charette Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "(Code 2451080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  5. Source: Patricia Adam, Deputy General Manager of the Municipality of Charette
  6. De Charette served as Mayor of Saint-Barnabé-Nord from 1907 to 1910.
  7. 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)
  8. Martin Lafrenière, Guy Diamond quittera la mairie de Charette, Le Nouvelliste, September 6, 2013
  9. Martin Lafrenière, Claude Boulanger veut redevenir maire de Charette, Le Nouvelliste, September 30, 2013



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