Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières | |
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| Ville de Trois-Rivières | |
From top, left to right: Downtown Trois-Rivières from the St. Lawrence River, monument to Sacré-Coeur, Trois-Rivières Cathedral, Laviolette Bridge, Pacifique Du Plessis gate, Ursulines monastery | |
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Flag Coat of arms Logo | |
| Motto(s): Deus nobiscum quis contra ("If God is with us, who can be against us") | |
Trois-Rivières metropolitan area | |
Trois-Rivières Location of Trois-Rivières in the province of Quebec Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (Canada) | |
| 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) |
| Demonym | Trifluvians |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G8T to G8Z, G9A to G9C |
| Area code | 819 |
| GDP (Trois-Rivières CMA) | CA$6.3 billion (2016)[7] |
| GDP per capita (Trois-Rivières CMA) | CA$40,290 (2016) |
| Website | www |
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]
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
References
- ↑ "Trois-Rivières". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ↑ Reference number 63803 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ↑ Geographic code 37067 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in 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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