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_type = Country
subdivision_name = flagicon|Canada Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = flagicon|Quebec Quebec
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subdivision_name2 = Centre-du-Québec
subdivision_type3 = RCM
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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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_total = 6677
population_density_km2 = 1551.3
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timezone = EST
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latd=46 |latm=13 |lats= |latNS=N
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postal_code = G6L
area_code = 819
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website = http://ville.plessisville.qc.ca/
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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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* [http://ville.plessisville.qc.ca/indexenglish.asp Official City website]
* [http://www.erable.org/english/histoire.asp Quebec Maple Institute]

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