Parisville is a
parish municipality
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in the
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 Census population of 242,399 inhabitants.
Description
The Centre-du- ...
region
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of the
province
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of
Quebec
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in
Canada
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.
Despite being a parish municipality rather than an ordinary municipality, its website refers to it as simply "''Municipalité de Parisville''" rather than "''municipalité de paroisse de Parisville''".
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Parisville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
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List of parish municipalities in Quebec
This is a list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipal type of parish municipality (''paroisse'', code=P), an administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy.
The '' Commission de toponym ...
References
External links
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Parish municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec
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