 The city is 185 km from Montreal and 95 km from Quebec City.Plessisville's claim to fame is as the "World's Maple Capital"; the city has hosted an annual Maple festival since 1958, and the "Institut québécois de l'érable" (Quebec Maple Institute) is headquartered there.The production of maple syrup and maple products is a major industry in the entire area, even giving the regional county municipality its name ("érable" is French for "maple").