| Pierreville | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 46.0667°N -121°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Centre-du-Québec |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nicolet-Yamaska |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | June 13, 2001 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | André Descôteaux |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Nicolet-Bécancour |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 124.90 |
| Area Land Km2: | 78.31 |
| Population Total: | 2176 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 27.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006–2011 |
| Population Blank1: | 6.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1152 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0G 1J0 |
| Area Code: | 450 and 579 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Pierreville (in French pronounced as /pjɛʁvil/) is a municipality 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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
During the visit of Pope John Paul II to Canada in 1984, Pierre Thibault modified a GMC Sierra truck for use as a Popemobile, a secure form of transport built to withstand a commando attack. It was subsequently used for the 1998 papal visit to Cuba and was displayed at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology in 2005. The second truck was sent back to the Vatican in 1984.[7] [8] [9]
Like the rest of the Centre-du-Quebec region, agriculture plays an important role in Pierreville's economy, with a number of dairy, vegetable, grain and other farms based in the area.
Population trend:[10]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,176 | 6.9% | |
| 2006 | 2,337 | 2.7% | |
| Merger (+) | 2,402 | 60.4% | |
| 2001 | 950 | 10.0% | |
| Boundary change | 1,055 | 7.5% | |
| 1996 | 976 | 9.1% | |
| 1991 | 1,074 | N/A |
(+) 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)[11]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 2,235 | 97.60% | |
| English only | 10 | 0.44% | |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Other languages | 45 | 1.96% |