Falmouth, Nova Scotia (2006 population: 1,179) is a village located along the Avon River in Hants County between Mount Denson and Windsor.
Falmouth and area was known as Pisiguit by the Acadians. Having migrated from Port Royal, Nova Scotia, the Acadians were the first to settle in the area, around 1685. During Queen Anne's War, in response to the French Raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, in the Raid on Pisiquid (1704), Benjamin Church (military officer) burned the village to the ground and took prisoners to Boston. One of these prisoners was Acadian leader Noel Doiron.
Falmouth is home to Avon Valley Greenhouses, Sainte-Famille Wines, the Avon Valley Golf & Country Club, numerous farms and several small businesses. Falmouth District Elementary School is also located in Falmouth. The village is located exactly halfway between the North Pole and the Equator.
Falmouth was the birthplace of George Lawrence Price, the last soldier of the British Empire to be killed in the First World War.