Pierreville is a community

Community

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 in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality

Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Nicolet-Yamaska is a Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec in Canada.The county seat is Nicolet.-Communities:*Cities and Towns** Nicolet*Municipalities** Aston-Jonction** Baie-du-Febvre** Grand-Saint-Esprit...

, Quebec

Quebec

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, located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...

 and Saint-François

Saint-François River

The Saint-François River is a river in the Canadian province of Quebec.The Saint-François takes its source from Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines...

 rivers, at the edge of Lac Saint-Pierre

Lac Saint-Pierre

Lac Saint-Pierre is a lake in Quebec, Canada, located on the Saint Lawrence River between Sorel-Tracy and Trois-Rivières, downstream and east of Montreal. Including its shoreline, islands, and wetlands, the lake is a nature reserve...

. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

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 was 2,337.

Pierreville faces the town of Saint-François-du-Lac

Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec

Saint-François-du-Lac is a community in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,002...

 across the Saint-François river, and lies at the junction of Route 132

Quebec route 132

Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula...

 and Route 226

Quebec route 226

Route 226 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Pierreville and its eastern terminus is in Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 271....

. Part of the Abenaki Indian reserve

Indian reserve

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 of Odanak

Odanak, Quebec

Odanak is an Indian reserve in the Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada. The mostly Abenaki population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 469. The territory is located near the mouth of the Saint-François River at its confluence with the St. Lawrence River. It is partly within the limits of...

 is an enclave within the city limits of Pierreville. The limits of the reserve begin only a short walk away from the town's main street.

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2006	2,337	2.7%
Merger (+)	2,402	60.4%
2001	950	10.0%
Boundary change	1,055	7.5%
1996	976	9.1%
1991	1,074	N/A

(+) Amalgamation of the Parishes of Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville, Saint-Thomas-de-Pierreville, and the Village of Pierreville on June 13, 2001.

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	2,235	97.60%
English only	10	0.44%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	45	1.96%

Climate