Francheville (census division)

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).

Francheville
Census division
Coordinates: 46°30′N 72°25′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Mauricie
Area [2]
• Land	1,160.94 km2 (448.24 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	149,203
• Density	128.5/km2 (333/sq mi)
• Change (2006–11)	4.1%
• Dwellings	73,921
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	819

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).^[3]