Plaisance, Quebec

Plaisance
Plaisance
Municipality
	Plaisance cheese factory
	Location within Papineau RCM
	Plaisance Location in western Quebec
	Coordinates: 45°37′N 75°07′W / 45.617°N 75.117°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Outaouais
RCM	Papineau
Constituted	October 31, 1900
Government
• Mayor	Paulette Lalande
• Federal riding	Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
• Prov. riding	Papineau
Area
• Total	50.20 km2 (19.38 sq mi)
• Land	36.15 km2 (13.96 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	1,088
• Density	30.1/km2 (78/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	1.4%
• Dwellings	537
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0V 1S0
Area code	819
Highways	R-148
Website	www.ville.plaisance.qc.ca

Plaisance is a municipality in Papineau Regional County Municipality in western Quebec, Canada. The village is situated on the Ottawa River near the mouth of the Petite-Nation River, 70 km from Gatineau and 160 km from Montreal on Route 148.

The village is well known for its waterfalls located just north of town as well as a local cheese factory which was previously quite popular in the Outaouais region.^{[citation needed]} There is also the Plaisance National Park, a large bird reserve between the main highway and the Ottawa River.

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