Explore Franceville, Quebec, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Franceville, Quebec. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Franceville and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Franceville.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Franceville |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Hampden; Le Haut-Saint-François |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.492435 |
| Longitude | -71.20013 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0Y |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Large city |
| CGN ID | ESYHY |
Franceville is a locality in Hampden; Le Haut-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a large city. Franceville is located at 45.4924°N, 71.2001°W.
Franceville rests within the quiet embrace of Le Pain de Sucre, where the land rises with a deliberate, rugged grace. It lies 1.2 km north-north-west of Secteur de Franceville, QC (from Secteur de Franceville, QC: bearing 339°T), and is situated 9.7 km north-west of Secteur de l'Observatoire. The Rivière au Saumon threads its way through this terrain, its waters moving with a steady, cooling persistence that defines the local atmosphere. In the late afternoon, the light here catches the ridges of the hills, casting long, bruised shadows that deepen the color of the earth until the woods seem to hold their breath. Near the periphery of the settlement, the stillness is punctuated only by the shift of wind through the trees, a reminder of the vast, quiet reach of the nearby Parc national du Mont-Mégantic. The history of Franceville follows the patterns of those who worked the soil and harvested the timber, turning the hardscrabble landscape into a living space. Agriculture remains a quiet anchor for the local economy, with small-scale operations persisting where the earth allows, while the proximity to the forest dictates the flow of daily labor. Men and women here understand the weight of the seasons, moving with a practical focus that respects the limitations of the climate. While Lac Dumoulin sits a short distance away, its presence is a constant, cool reference point for those who navigate the surrounding tracks and trails to haul wood or tend to the needs of the season. Life in Franceville turns on the small, recurring ceremonies of a rural existence, where the changing of the sky holds more weight than the headlines of the distant world. There is a particular clarity to the air during the autumn months, when the frost begins to sharpen the edges of the fields and the woodsmoke rises in thin, straight lines from chimneys. Residents carry themselves with an observant reserve, valuing the familiarity of neighbors over the noise of modern expansion. While no singular monument dominates the horizon, the collective memory of the families who settled here provides a sense of continuity that sustains the character of the site through the long, white winters.
Franceville s'étire avec une sérénité singulière sous le regard protecteur du Pain de Sucre, dominant une terre où les racines agricoles se mêlent aux mémoires des premiers colons venus défricher ces pentes escarpées. Les eaux de la Rivière au Saumon serpentent dans la vallée, offrant un murmure constant qui rythme les travaux des champs et la quiétude des foyers. À proximité, le silence majestueux du Parc national du Mont-Mégantic impose une solennité minérale, tandis que les reflets changeants du Lac Dumoulin captent les dernières lueurs d'un soleil descendant derrière les crêtes. Franceville préserve une identité façonnée par la rudesse climatique et la générosité des sols, où chaque récolte semble une victoire conquise sur la rigueur des éléments. L'air y possède une pureté tranchante, portée par les vents qui dévalent les reliefs pour balayer les parcelles cultivées. En cet espace de lumière dorée, le quotidien se déroule sans hâte, fidèle à une tradition de labeur partagé entre les boisés et les plaines. Les habitants observent le passage des heures sous un firmament souvent étoilé, trouvant dans la proximité immédiate de ces horizons familiers une permanence qui rassure et définit l'existence même de Franceville.
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Explore Franceville, Quebec, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.492435, -71.20013. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Franceville includes the postal code (G0Y), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Franceville is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |