Plessisville, Quebec

Plessisville, Quebec is a county seat of L'Érable Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Routes 116 and 165 go through it. The city is 185 km from Montreal and 95 km from Quebec City. Plessisville's claim to fame is as the "World's Maple Capital"; the city has hosted an annual Maple festival since 1958, and the Institut québécois de l'érable (Quebec Maple Institute) is headquartered there. The production of maple syrup and maple products is a major industry in the entire area, even giving the regional county municipality its name (érable is French for "maple").

This article is about the city. For the parish municipality, see Plessisville, Quebec (parish).
Plessisville
City
Motto(s): 
"Meliora paramus" (We are preparing better things)
Location within L'Érable RCM.
Plessisville
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°13′N 71°47′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
RCML'Érable
ConstitutedApril 27, 1855
Government
 • MayorMario Fortin
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. ridingArthabaska
Area
 • Total4.40 km2 (1.70 sq mi)
 • Land4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total6,688
 • Density1,546.0/km2 (4,004/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 0.2%
 • Dwellings
3,115
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G6L
Area code(s)819
Highways Route 116
Route 165
Websitewww.ville.plessisville.qc.ca

The first person to permanently settle in the area was Jean-Baptiste Lafond, in 1835. First incorporated as the village of Somerset, the settlement was officially incorporated as the village of Plessisville in 1855 in honour of Monseigneur Octave Plessis, bishop of Quebec at the time.

Notable people

Sources

References
  1. Reference number 49916 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 32040 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2432040) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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