Plessisville, Quebec (parish)
Place in Quebec, Canada
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Plessisville (French pronunciation: [plɛsivil]) was a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. It completely surrounded the city of the same name. On 1 January 2024, the parish municipality merged with the city of Plessisville.[4]
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Plessisville | |
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Noire River. | |
_Quebec_location_diagram.png) Location within L'Érable RCM. | |
  Plessisville Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°14′N 71°45′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | L'Érable |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Named after | Joseph-Octave Plessis[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alain Dubois |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Arthabaska |
| Area | |
• Total | 141.30 km2 (54.56 sq mi) |
| • Land | 142.75 km2 (55.12 sq mi) |
| There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 2,678 |
| • Density | 18.8/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  4.7% |
| • Dwellings | 1,059 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-116 R-165 R-265 R-267 |
| Website | www.paroisse plessisville.com |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Plessisville had a population of 2,655 living in 1,062 of its 1,091 total private dwellings, a change of −0.3% from its 2016 population of 2,663. With a land area of 141.19 km2 (54.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 18.8/km2 (48.7/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
