Charette, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Charette is a municipality
of 924 people located in Maskinongé Regional County Municipality
, in Quebec, Canada.
, 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.
On December 31, 2001, Charette was added to the Maskinongé RCM when the Centre-de-la-Mauricie RCM
was dissolved.
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 412 (total dwellings: 451)
Mother tongue:
Types of municipalities in Quebec
The following is a list of the types of local and supralocal territorial units in Quebec, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec....
of 924 people located in Maskinongé Regional County Municipality
Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Maskinongé is a county regional municipality of Quebec in central Quebec, Canada in the Mauricie region. The seat is in Louiseville. It is located adjacent on the west of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawrence River....
, in Quebec, Canada.
History
Charette is named in honour of one of its first settlers, Édouard Charette, originally from Sainte-UrsuleSainte-Ursule, Quebec
Sainte-Ursule is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.- References :...
, 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.
On December 31, 2001, Charette was added to the Maskinongé RCM when the Centre-de-la-Mauricie RCM
Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie is a former regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to its dissolution, it consisted of:Villes* Grand-Mère* Shawinigan* Shawinigan-SudMunicipalities* Charette* Lac-à-la-Tortue...
was dissolved.
Demographics
Population trend:- 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:
- 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. Officially, municipal elections in Charette are on a non-partisan basis.| # | Mayor | Taking Office | Leaving |
| 1 | Joseph de Charette | 1918 | 1927 |
| 2 | Alphonse de Charette | 1927 | 1933 |
| 3 | Hermile Gélinas | 1933 | 1937 |
| 4 | Wilfrid Bellemare | 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 |