Plessisville, Quebec

Plessisville
City
Flag of Plessisville
Flag
Coat of arms of Plessisville
Coat of arms
Motto: 
"Meliora paramus" (We are preparing better things)
Location within L'Érable RCM.
Location within L'Érable RCM.
Plessisville is located in Southern Quebec
Plessisville
Plessisville
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°13′N 71°47′W / 46.217°N 71.783°W / 46.217; -71.783[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
RCML'Érable
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 2024
Government
[2]
 • MayorJean-François Labbé
 • Federal ridingMégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. ridingArthabaska
Area
[2][3]
 • Total145.85 km2 (56.31 sq mi)
 • Land146.11 km2 (56.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total9,069
 • Density62.1/km2 (161/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 1.6%
 • Dwellings
4,547
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G6L
Area code819
Highways R-116
R-165
R-265
R-267
Websitewww.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 95 km from Quebec City. 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. In 2024, the city and the parish merged to form the current city.[4]

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  4. ^ "Décret 1748-2023 concernant le regroupement de la Ville de Plessisville et de la Municipalité de la paroisse de Plessisville" (PDF). Règlements et autres actes. Gazette officielle du Québec, Partie 2 - Lois et règlements (in Canadian French). 155 (51). Éditeur officiel du Québec. 2023-12-20. ISSN 0703-5756.