Charette, Quebec

Charette (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁɛt] ^ⓘ) is a municipality of about 1000 people located in Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.

Charette
Municipality
Church Notre-Dame-des-Neiges
Location within Maskinongé RCM.
Charette Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°27′N 72°56′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Mauricie
RCM	Maskinongé
Settled	c. 1875
Constituted	February 9, 1918
Government [2]
• Mayor	Claude Boulanger
• Federal riding	Berthier—Maskinongé
• Prov. riding	Maskinongé
Area [2][3]
• Total	42.20 km2 (16.29 sq mi)
• Land	41.90 km2 (16.18 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,034
• Density	24.7/km2 (64/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	8.5%
• Dwellings	519
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0X 1E0
Area code	819
Highways	R-350 R-351
Website	www.municipalite -charette.ca

History

Charette is named in honour of one of its first settlers, Édouard Charette, originally from Sainte-Ursule, 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.^[1]

On December 31, 2001, Charette was added to the Maskinongé RCM when Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality was dissolved.

Demographics

Population trend:^[4]

• Population in 2021: 1,034 (2016 to 2021 population change: 7.5%)
• Population in 2016: 953
• Population in 2011: 993
• Population in 2006: 924
• Population in 2001: 941
• Population in 1996: 962
• Population in 1991: 968

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 485 (total dwellings: 519)

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.^[5] Officially, municipal elections in Charette are on a non-partisan basis.

#	Mayor	Taking Office	Leaving
1	Joseph de Charette [6]	1918	1927
2	Alphonse de Charette	1927	1933
3	Hermile Gélinas	1933	1937
4	Wilfrid Bellemare [7]	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	2009
15	Guy Diamond	2009	2013 [8]
14	Claude Boulanger	2013 [9]	Current