Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (French pronunciation: [tʁwa ʁivjɛʁ]) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is where the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers meet. It was first created on July 4, 1634. It was the second permanent settlement in New France, after Quebec City in 1608.[8]
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| Coordinates: 46°20′35″N 72°32′36″W / 46.34306°N 72.54333°W[1]Coordinates: 46°20′35″N 72°32′36″W / 46.34306°N 72.54333°W[1][2] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | None |
| Founded | July 4, 1634 by Laviolette |
| Incorporated | June 10, 1857 |
| Constituted | January 1, 2002 |
| Boroughs | Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Trois-Rivières-Ouest, Saint-Louis-de-France, Pointe-du-Lac, Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap |
| Government | |
| • Type | Trois-Rivières City Council |
| • Mayor | Jean Lamarche |
| • Federal riding | Berthier—Maskinongé and Trois-Rivières |
| • Prov. riding | Champlain and Maskinongé and Trois-Rivières |
| Area | |
| • Land | 288.65 km2 (111.45 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 98.58 km2 (38.06 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,038.64 km2 (401.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 139,163 |
| • Density | 482.1/km2 (1,249/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 128,057 |
| • Urban density | 1,299.0/km2 (3,364/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 161,489 |
| • Metro density | 155.5/km2 (403/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
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| GDP (Trois-Rivières CMA) | CA$6.3 billion (2016)[7] |
| GDP per capita (Trois-Rivières CMA) | CA$40,290 (2016) |
| Website | www |
The city's name is French for three rivers. It is called because the Saint-Maurice River, which is divided by two small islands at the river 's opening, has three mouths at the Saint Lawrence River.
Sister city
Trois-Rivières is twinned with:
Tours, France
Trois-Rivières Media
- Trois-Rivières aerial 2011.jpg
Trois-Rivières aerial view
- CroixJacquesCartier1.jpg
Jacques Cartier Cross on Saint-Quentin Island
- The Hospital of the Ursulines, Hotel-Dieu. Wellcome M0018249.jpg
- The Hospital of the Ursulines, Hotel-Dieu. View of Three Rivers, Canada, 1760. General Collections*Keywords: Canada; Institutions
- PlaqueTrepassez1.jpg
Historical marker commemorating the Sieur de Laviolette, founder of Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières.
- Trois-Rivières Laviolette.JPG
The Sieur de Laviolette, founder of Trois-Rivières. The Laviolette Bridge is his namesake.
Architecture in old Trois-Rivières.
- Trois Rivieres-Monastery.jpg
The front of the Ursulines Monastery, on rue des Ursulines.
- Pano Trois-Rivieres.jpg
Centre-ville de Trois-Rivières vue du fleuve Saint-Laurent
References
- ↑ Template:Cite cgndb
- ↑ Reference number 63803 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ↑ Geographic code 37067 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Profile table - Trois-Rivières, Quebec, [Census metropolitan area]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Profile table - Trois-Rivières, Quebec, [Population centre]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ↑ "Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ↑ Roy-Sole, Monique. "A Tale of Tenacity", Canadian Geographic Magazine, April 2009, Vol. 129, No. 2, p. 31
Other websites
- (in French) Official site of Trois-Rivières
- Tourisme Mauricie Regional tourist office
- (in French) Troisrivieresplus.net Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- (in French) Répertoire des clubs de golf de Trois-Rivières Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in French) Le Nouvelliste Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Grand-Prix de Trois-Rivières
- Pictures of Trois-Rivières Archived 2005-10-26 at the Wayback Machine (2001 to date)
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