Massueville, Quebec
Village municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Massueville is a village municipality in Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 516.
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Massueville | |
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Coordinates: 45°55′N 72°56′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Pierre-De Saurel |
Constituted | March 25, 1903 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Denis Marion |
• Federal riding | Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour |
• Prov. riding | Richelieu |
Area | |
• Total | 1.30 km2 (0.50 sq mi) |
• Land | 1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Total | 516 |
• Density | 312.5/km2 (809/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 0.8% |
• Dwellings | 248 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways | R-239 |
Census profile | 2453010[4] |
MAMROT info | 53010[2] |
Toponymie info | 39638[1] |
Website | www |
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It is named after Gaspard-Aimé Massue, landowner.[5] Its sister municipality is Saint-Aimé. The town lies the banks of the Yamaska river.
The core of the town is composed of several well kept heritage houses. Massueville had a big fire near the church in an abandoned convent on 27 October 2006.