Plessisville is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. It completely surrounds the city of the same name.
Plessisville | |
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Parish municipality | |
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![]() Location within L'Érable RCM. | |
![]() ![]() Plessisville Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°14′N 71°45′W[1] | |
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Region | Centre-du-Québec |
RCM | L'Érable |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Named for | 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) |
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Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 2,678 |
• Density | 18.8/km2 (49/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,059 |
Postal code(s) | G6L 2Y7 |
Area code | 819 |
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Website | www.paroisse plessisville.com |
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.[4]
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