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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 Trois-Rivières metropolitan area | |
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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 view
Jacques Cartier Cross on Saint-Quentin Island
- The Hospital of the Ursulines, Hotel-Dieu. View of Three Rivers, Canada, 1760. General Collections*Keywords: Canada; Institutions
Historical marker commemorating the Sieur de Laviolette, founder of Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières.
The Sieur de Laviolette, founder of Trois-Rivières. The Laviolette Bridge is his namesake.
Architecture in old Trois-Rivières.
The front of the Ursulines Monastery, on rue des Ursulines.
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.caStatistics 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) (27 January 2017)Statistics Canada. 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)
