Princeville, Quebec
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| View of Princeville circa 1930.
View of Princeville circa 1930.
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| Location within L'Érable RCM. Location within L'Érable RCM. |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | L'Érable |
| Constituted | February 23, 2000 |
| Government[1] | |
| • Mayor | Gilles Fortier |
| • Federal riding | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| • Prov. riding | Arthabaska |
| Area[1][2] | |
| • Total | 196.70 km2 (75.95 sq mi) |
| • Land | 195.26 km2 (75.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,001 |
| • Density | 30.7/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011-2016 |  5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 2,702 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G6L 4Y5 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |  Route 116 Route 165 Route 263 |
| Website | www |
Princeville is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in L'Érable Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region.
The population was 6,001 as of the Canada 2016 Census.
History
The county of Stanfold (Princeville) was created by Édouard Leclerc on July 9, 1807 when he established himself on lot 6, rang 12 in Princeville. A monument was erected in his honour on the east section of the 12th rang. Stanfold then had a new division that would become the village of Princeville in 1856. Thus two municipalities would now co-existed.
On February 23, 2000, the municipalities of the city of Princeville and the parish of Princeville become one to form the new city of Princeville.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Princeville had a population of 6,218 living in 2,781 of its 2,903 total private dwellings, a change of 3.6% from its 2016 population of 6,001. With a land area of 195.01 km2 (75.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 31.9/km2 (82.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geographic code 32033 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
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- ↑ Reference number 51235 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
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Saint-Louis-de-Blandford | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | |
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