Plessisville, Quebec

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This article is about the city (V). For the parish municipality (P), see Plessisville, Quebec (parish municipality).

Ville de Plessisville
Motto: "Meliora paramus" (We are preparing better things)
Coordinates: 46°13′N 71°46′W / 46.217, -71.767
Country Flag of Canada Canada
Province Flag of Quebec Quebec
Region Centre-du-Québec
RCM L'Érable
Incorporated 1855
Government
 - Mayor Jacques Martineau
Area [1]
 - Land 4.30 km² (1.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1]
 - Total 6,677
 - Density 1,551.3/km² (4,017.8/sq mi)
  City only
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code G6L
Area code(s) 819
Website: http://ville.plessisville.qc.ca/

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 95km 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.

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Princeville · Plessisville (V) · Bécancour · Victoriaville · Warwick · Kingsey Falls · Daveluyville · Drummondville · Nicolet
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Coordinates: 46°13′N, 71°46′W


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  1. ^ a b Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data. Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population (2007-03-13). Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
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