- Plessisville, Quebec
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official_name = Ville de Plessisville
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motto = "Meliora paramus" (We are preparing better things)
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subdivision_name1 = flagicon|QuebecQuebec
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subdivision_name2 =Centre-du-Québec
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subdivision_name3 = L'Érable
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leader_title =Mayor
leader_name = Jacques Martineau
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established_title2 = Incorporated
established_date2 = 1855
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url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=302&SR=601&S=1&O=A&RPP=25&PR=24&CMA=0
title = Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
work =Statistics Canada , 2006 Census of Population
date =2007-03-13
accessdate = 2007-08-14]
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population_as_of = 2006
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url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=302&SR=601&S=1&O=A&RPP=25&PR=24&CMA=0
title = Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
work =Statistics Canada , 2006 Census of Population
date =2007-03-13
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population_note = City only
population_total = 6677
population_density_km2 = 1551.3
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timezone = EST
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latd=46 |latm=13 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=71 |longm=46 |longs= |longEW=W
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = G6L
area_code = 819
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website = http://ville.plessisville.qc.ca/
footnotes =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 fromMontreal and 95km fromQuebec City . Plessisville's claim to fame is as the "World'sMaple Capital"; the city has hosted an annual Maple festival since1958 , and the "Institut québécois de l'érable" (Quebec Maple Institute) is headquartered there. The production ofmaple 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 in1855 in honour of Monseigneur Octave Plessis,bishop ofQuebec at the time.ources
* [http://ville.plessisville.qc.ca/indexenglish.asp Official City website]
* [http://www.erable.org/english/histoire.asp Quebec Maple Institute]References
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