Charette, Quebec
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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 |
Charette (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁɛt] ⓘ) is a municipality of about 1000 people located in Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.
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 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%
