Pierreville, Quebec
| Pierreville | |
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| Municipality | |
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 Location within Nicolet-Yamaska RCM |
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 Pierreville
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| Coordinates: 46°04′N 72°49′W / 46.067°N 72.817°WCoordinates: 46°04′N 72°49′W / 46.067°N 72.817°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| RCM | Nicolet-Yamaska |
| Constituted | June 13, 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | André Descôteaux |
| • Federal riding | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
| • Prov. riding | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area | |
| • Total | 124.90 km2 (48.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 78.31 km2 (30.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,176 |
| • Density | 27.8/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006–2011 |
 6.9% |
| • Dwellings | 1,152 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0G 1J0 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Highways |
 Route 132 Route 226
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| Website | www |
Pierreville is a community in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec, located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Saint-François rivers, at the edge of Lac Saint-Pierre. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,176.
Pierreville faces the town of Saint-François-du-Lac across the Saint-François river, and lies at the junction of Route 132 and Route 226. Part of the Abenaki Indian reserve of Odanak is an enclave within the city limits of Pierreville. The limits of the reserve begin only a short walk away from the town's main street.
On 21 August 1991, an F3 tornado, the "tornade de Maskinongé", touched down in Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville (today part of Pierreville), destroying a number of summer homes in the area and injuring 15 people.
On June 13, 2001, the parish municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville and Saint-Thomas-de-Pierreville merged with the village municipality of Pierreville to form the new municipality of Pierreville.
Population trend:
(+) Amalgamation of the Parishes of Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville, Saint-Thomas-de-Pierreville, and the Village of Pierreville on June 13, 2001.
Mother tongue language (2006)
Pierreville is a major centre for the manufacture of fire trucks. Local builder Pierre Thibault Canada Ltee. built fire apparatus in Pierreville from 1938 to 1990. In 1968, members of the Thibault family established a competing business, Pierreville Fire Trucks, across the river in Saint-François-du-Lac. It operated until 1985. Levasseur Fire Trucks also built fire apparatus in Saint-François-du-Lac from 1988 to 2014. Today, Carl Thibault Fire Trucks operates in the former Pierre Thibault facility in Pierreville.
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