| Princeville | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Motto: | Droit et Loyal (French for "Right and Loyal") |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec. |
| Coordinates: | 46.1667°N -124°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Centre-du-Québec |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | L'Érable |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | February 23, 2000 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gilles Fortier |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Mégantic—L'Érable |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Arthabaska |
| Area Total Km2: | 196.70 |
| Area Land Km2: | 195.01 |
| Population Total: | 6218 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 31.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2903 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | G6L 4Y5 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
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 6,218 as of the Canada 2021 Census.
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.
Covering an area of 195.01 km2, Princeville is crossed by the Bulstrode River, 81 km south of Trois-Rivières, 145 km from the border of the US state of Maine and 70 km from Drummondville.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Princeville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 195.01km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]