Parisville (French pronunciation: [paʁivil]) is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
Parisville | |
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| Municipalité de Parisville | |
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| Motto(s): S'unir pour grandir ("Unite to Grow") | |
 Location within Bécancour RCM | |
  Parisville Location in southern Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°31′N 72°04′W / 46.517°N 72.067°W[1][2] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | Bécancour |
| Constituted | March 18, 1901 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maurice Grimard |
| • Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
| • Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.90 km2 (13.86 sq mi) |
| • Land | 35.58 km2 (13.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[4] | |
• Total | 396 |
| • Density | 11.1/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  25.3% |
| • Dwellings | 198 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-226  R-265 |
| Website | www.municipalite. parisville.qc.ca |
Despite being a parish municipality rather than an ordinary municipality, its website refers to it as simply "Municipalité de Parisville" rather than "municipalité de paroisse de Parisville".
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Parisville had a population of 396 living in 179 of its 198 total private dwellings, a change of -25.3% from its 2016 population of 530. With a land area of 35.58 km2 (13.74 sq mi), it had a population density of 11.1/km2 (28.8/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Parisville". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 177282". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 38055". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Tableau de profil, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
External links
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