| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
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 Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM | |
  Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°03′N73°04′W / 46.050°N 73.067°W Coordinates: 46°03′N73°04′W / 46.050°N 73.067°W [1] | |
| Country |  |
| Province |  |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Pierre-De Saurel |
| Constituted | May 14, 1877 |
| Government [2] [3] | |
| • Mayor | Michel Péloquin |
| • Federal riding | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
| • Prov. riding | Richelieu |
| Area [2] [4] | |
| • Total | 59.10 km2 (22.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 38.39 km2 (14.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) [4] | |
| • Total | 2,742 |
| • Density | 71.4/km2 (185/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  |
| • Dwellings | 1,412 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J3P 5N3 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel is a municipality in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The community consists of a mainland section along with several islands extending into Lac Saint-Pierre. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,742, which makes it the largest municipality and the second largest urban division of the RCM.
Pierre-De Saurel 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.
Montérégie is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sorel-Tracy, and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.
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From 2006 throughout 2010 there has been much speculation about Sainte-Anne willing to merge into Sorel-Tracy to become a district (much like the former Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel and Tracy municipalities), however at the present time there has been no future talk about it at both city halls. The RCM planning administration is against the merger though, as it would compromise development potential in Sainte-Anne in favor of Sorel, since property evaluation services would be unified.
