Massueville, Quebec

Massueville is a village municipality in Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 516.

Massueville
Village municipality
Location within Pierre-De Saurel RCM.
Massueville Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°55′N 72°56′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Pierre-De Saurel
Constituted	March 25, 1903
Government [2][3]
• Mayor	Denis Marion
• Federal riding	Bas-Richelieu— Nicolet—Bécancour
• Prov. riding	Richelieu
Area [2][4]
• 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)	J0G 1K0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-239
Census profile	2453010[4]
MAMROT info	53010[2]
Toponymie info	39638[1]
Website	www.massueville.net

It is named after Gaspard-Aimé Massue, landowner.^[5] Its sister municipality is Saint-Aimé. The town lies the banks of the Yamaska river.

Fire involving an abandoned convent

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.

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.^[6]

Population trend:[7] Census Population Change (%) 2011 516 0.8% 2006 520 6.6% 2001 557 5.9% 1996 592 6.0% 1991 630 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[8] Language Population Pct (%) French only 500 96.16% English only 0 0.00% Both English & French 10 1.92% Other languages 10 1.92%

See also

• List of village municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 39638". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 53010". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (Quebec)
4. "Massueville, Quebec (Code 2453010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
5. Community Profile
6. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. "Massueville, Quebec (Code 2453010) Community Profiles". 2006 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.