Country Canada Time zone EST (UTC−5) Highways Route 116
Route 165 Population 6,688 (2011) Province Québec | Constituted April 27, 1855 Postal code(s) G6L Area 4.4 km² Local time Tuesday 8:31 PM Area code 819 | |
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Website www.ville.plessisville.qc.ca Weather 2°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 80% Humidity RCMs Centre-du-Québec, L'Érable Regional County Municipality | ||
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. 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").
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Map of Plessisville, QC, Canada
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.