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.

History

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.

Geography

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.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Princeville had a population of 6,218 living in 2,781 of its 2,903 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 6,001. With a land area of 195.01 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.