Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
# Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality

Pierre-De Saurel (French pronunciation: ​) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Originally named Le Bas-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, the name change to Pierre-De Saurel took effect on January 1, 2009. Its seat is in Sorel-Tracy. It is located on the Richelieu River, downstream from La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality at the confluence of the Richelieu and Saint Lawrence River.

The RCM is named after Pierre de Saurel, a captain and seigneur who rebuilt Fort Richelieu in 1647.

## Subdivisions

There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM:

## Demographics

### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| - | - | - |
| 1991 | 53,909 | — |
| 1996 | 52,289 | −3.0% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2001 | 50,066 | −4.3% |
| 2006 | 49,932 | −0.3% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2011 | 50,900 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 51,025 | +0.2% |

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec :

| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2016 | 50,390 | 49,035 | 0.17% | 97.1% | 485 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 225 | 7.1% | 0.4% | 730 | 57.0% | 1.4% |
| 2011 | 50,200 | 48,950 | 2.9% | 97.68% | 490 | 21.0% | 0.98% | 210 | 27.3% | 0.42% | 465 | 25.6% | 0.93% |
| 2006 | 48,855 | 47,660 | 1.3% | 97.55% | 405 | 0.0% | 0.83% | 165 | 2.9% | 0.34% | 625 | 83.8% | 1.28% |
| 2001 | 49,205 | 48,290 | 4.5% | 98.14% | 405 | 24.6% | 0.82% | 170 | 2.9% | 0.35% | 340 | 13.9% | 0.69% |
| 1996 | 51,480 | 50,585 | n/a | 98.26% | 325 | n/a | 0.63% | 175 | n/a | 0.34% | 395 | n/a | 0.77% |

## Transportation

### Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

