| Charette | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.45°N -128°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mauricie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Maskinongé |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | c. 1875 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | February 9, 1918 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Claude Boulanger |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Maskinongé |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 42.20 |
| Area Land Km2: | 41.90 |
| Population Total: | 1034 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 24.7 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 8.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 519 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G0X 1E0 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Charette (in French pronounced as /ʃaʁɛt/) is a municipality of about 1000 people located in Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.
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.[2]
On December 31, 2001, Charette was added to the Maskinongé RCM when Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie Regional County Municipality was dissolved.
Population trend:[3]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 485 (total dwellings: 519)
Mother tongue:
The mayor is the municipality's highest elected official. Charette has had fourteen mayors.[4] Officially, municipal elections in Charette are on a non-partisan basis.
| bgcolor=#cccccc | bgcolor=#cccccc | Mayor | bgcolor=#cccccc | Taking Office | bgcolor=#cccccc | Leaving | |
| 1 | Joseph de Charette [5] | 1918 | 1927 | ||||
| 2 | Alphonse de Charette | 1927 | 1933 | ||||
| 3 | Hermile Gélinas | 1933 | 1937 | ||||
| 4 | Wilfrid Bellemare [6] | 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 [7] | ||||
| 14 | Claude Boulanger | 2013 [8] | Current |