Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Quebec

Coordinates: 45°51′N 70°38′W / 45.850°N 70.633°W / 45.850; -70.633
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Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Municipality
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°51′N 70°38′W / 45.850°N 70.633°W / 45.850; -70.633[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Sartigan
ConstitutedFebruary 12, 2003
Government
[2]
 • MayorEric Lachance
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
[2][3]
 • Total200.00 km2 (77.22 sq mi)
 • Land196.99 km2 (76.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total2,277
 • Density11.6/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease 3.1%
 • Dwellings
928
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1T0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-204
R-269
Websitewww.st-gedeon-
de-beauce.qc.ca

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is a municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,343 as of 2009. It is named after biblical judge Gideon.

The municipality was created in February 2003 after the merging of the parish municipality of Saint-Gédéon and the municipality of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.[4] The two had split in 1950.

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is a site of Canam, one of the largest steel joist factories in Canada.

Notable personalities

Novelist Jacques Poulin was born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.

Carnival king Alex Goulet was born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.

Trivia

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is the only municipality whose territory straddles the Chaudière River that does not have a bridge across it.

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 218972". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29013". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Quebec (Code 2429013) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ^ http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/Modfev03.pdf[permanent dead link]



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