Francheville (census division)

Francheville
Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°25′W / 46.500°N 72.417°W / 46.500; -72.417
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMauricie
Area
  Land1,160.94 km2 (448.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
149,203
  Density128.5/km2 (333/sq mi)
  Change (2006–11)
4.1%
  Dwellings
73,921
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code819

Francheville (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃ʃvil] ) is a census division (CD) of Quebec, with geographical code 37. It consists of Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality and the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Trois-Rivières (which is a city and also a census subdivision).

It is named after the former Francheville Regional County Municipality, which was abolished in 2002 when its constituent municipalities were reorganized into their current structure.

The division had a population of 143,267 in the Canada 2006 Census. The 2006 version of Francheville census division differed from the 2001 version in that on January 1, 2002, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès moved from the defunct Francheville Regional County Municipality to Maskinongé Regional County Municipality (thus leaving the census division) and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel moved from the defunct Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality to Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality (thus joining the census division).