Sainte-Croix. 10 October: Creation of the Municipality of Lac-Etchemin by the merger of the City of Lac-Etchemin and the Parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin. 17 October: Creation of the City of Sainte-Marguerite-Estérel by the merger of the City of Estérel and the Parish of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson. The City of Black Lake, the Municipality of Pontbriand, the Village of Robertsonville and the Township of Thetford-Partie-Sud are annexed by the City of Thetford Mines. 24 October: The Village of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac is annexed by the Municipality of Adstock. 4 November: Elections were held in nearly all municipalities of Quebec. 19 December: Creation of the Municipality of Yamaska by the merger of the Villages of Yamaska and Yamaska-Est and the Parish of Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska. 27 December: The City of Sainte-Rosalie, the Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Hyacinthe, the Parish of Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur, the Parish of Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin and the Parish of Sainte-Rosalie are annexed by the City of Saint-Hyacinthe. The Village of Taschereau is annexed by the Municipality of Taschereau. 29 December: The Parish of Saint-Lazare became a City. 2002 Sixty-eight municipality modifications were approved in 2002. 1 January: The City of Anjou, the City of Baie-d'Urfé, the City of Beaconsfield, the City of Côte-Saint-Luc, the City of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, the City of Dorval, the City of Hampstead, the City of Kirkland, the City of L'Île-Bizard, the City of L'Île-Dorval, the City of Lachine, the City of Lasalle, the City of Mont-Royal, the City of Montréal-Est, the City of Montréal-Nord, the City of Montréal-Ouest, the City of Outremont, the City of Pierrefonds, the City of Pointe-Claire, the City of Roxboro, the City of Saint-Laurent, the City of Saint-Léonard, the City of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the City of Sainte-Geneviève, the City of Verdun, the City of Westmount and the Village of Senneville are annexed by the City of Montréal. The Montreal Urban Community became defunct in conjunction with the above. Creation of the Quebec Metropolitan Community. The City of Beauport, the City of Cap-Rouge, the City of Charlesbourg, the City of L'Ancienne-Lorette, the City of Lac-Saint-Charles, the City of Loretteville, the City of Saint-Émile, the City of Sainte-Foy, the City of Sillery, the City of Val-Bélair, the City of Vanier and the Municipality of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures are annexed by Quebec City. The Quebec City Urban Community (Communauté urbaine de Québec) became defunct in conjunction with the above. The City of Aylmer, the City of Buckingham, the City of Hull and the City of Masson-Angers are annexed by the