Plessisville, Quebec
Plessisville | |
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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 / 46.217°N 71.783°WCoordinates: 46°13′N 71°47′W / 46.217°N 71.783°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | L'Érable |
| Constituted | April 27, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mario Fortin |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Arthabaska |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.40 km2 (1.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 6,688 |
| • Density | 1,546.0/km2 (4,004/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  0.2% |
| • Dwellings | 3,115 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G6L |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |  Route 116  Route 165 |
| Website | www |
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").
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[]
- Denis Blondin, anthropologist
- Pierre Bourque, saxophonist
- Pierre-Andre Fournier, Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Raymond Garneau, politician
- Louis-Édouard Roberge, politician
- François-Théodore Savoie, politician
- Pierre Vachon, president of IB Quebec
- Mavrik Bourque, hockey player
Sources[]
- (in English) Official City website
- (in English) Quebec Maple Institute
- (in French) Maple Festival
References[]
- ^ Reference number 49916 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic code 32040 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "(Code 2432040) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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