Parisville, Quebec

Parisville is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.

Parisville
Parish municipality
Municipalité de Parisville
Motto(s): 
S'unir pour grandir
("Unite to Grow")
Location within Bécancour RCM
Location within Bécancour RCM
Parisville is located in Southern Quebec
Parisville
Parisville
Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°31′N 72°04′W[1][3]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
RCMBécancour
ConstitutedMarch 18, 1901
Government
[4]
 • MayorMaurice Grimard
 • Federal ridingBas-Richelieu—
Nicolet—Bécancour
 • Prov. ridingNicolet-Bécancour
Area
 (2021)[4][5]
 • Total35.90 km2 (13.86 sq mi)
 • Land35.58 km2 (13.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[5]
 • Total396
 • Density11.1/km2 (29/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 25.3%
 • Dwellings
198
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 1X0
Area code819
Highways R-226
R-265
Websitewww.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

In 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.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Parisville". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. "Parisville". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. "Reference number 177282 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  4. "Geographic code 38055 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  5. "Tableau de profil, Profil du recensement, Recensement de la population de 2021". 9 February 2022.
  6. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.


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