- Source: Massueville
Massueville is a village municipality in Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 547.
It is named after Gaspard-Aimé Massue, landowner (1812–1875). The village is an enclave within the Municipality of Saint-Aimé. It lies along the banks of the Yamaska River.
The core of the town is composed of several well kept heritage houses.
History
In 1835, Gaspard-Aimé Massue, lord of the Bonsecours Seignory, donated land to the parish on which first a chapel was built that same year, followed by the church in 1841, and the original presbytery around 1850.
In 1903, the village was incorporated when it separated from the Parish Municipality of Saint-Aimé.
Massueville had a big fire near the church in an abandoned convent on 27 October 2006.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Massueville had a population of 547 living in 249 of its 261 total private dwellings, a change of 3.4% from its 2016 population of 529. With a land area of 1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi), it had a population density of 352.9/km2 (914.0/sq mi) in 2021.
Mother tongue language (2021):
English as first language: 0.9 %
French as first language: 97.3 %
Both English and French as first language: 0 %
Other as first language: 0.9 %
Local government
List of former mayors:
See also
List of village municipalities in Quebec
Aignan-Aimé Massue (1781–1866), father of Gaspard-Aimé Massue
Joseph-Aimé Massue (1860–1891), son of Gaspard-Aimé Massue
References
External links
Official website
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- Bangunan
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- Municipal history of Quebec
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- Sorel-Tracy
- List of villages in Canada
- List of postal codes of Canada: J
- List of municipalities in Quebec
