Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W / 46.300; -70.883
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Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
City
Location within Robert-Cliche RCM.
Location within Robert-Cliche RCM.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W / 46.300; -70.883[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMRobert-Cliche
ConstitutedJanuary 27, 1999
Government
[2]
 • MayorPierre Gilbert
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
[2][3]
 • Total116.00 km2 (44.79 sq mi)
 • Land110.87 km2 (42.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total4,722
 • Density42.6/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 6.0%
 • Dwellings
2,020
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 2V0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-73
R-173
R-276
Websitewww.ville.saint
josephdebeauce.qc.ca

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is a city in the Municipalité régionale de comté Robert-Cliche in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 4,722 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

The new city constitution dates from 1999, when the city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce amalgamated. However, the territory was settled as a seigneurie in 1736 under Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, which makes it the oldest settlement in Beauce. In 1747, Vaudreuil would exchange it to Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière, who would initiate the development of the settlement.

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is the seat of the judicial district of Beauce.[4]

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce holds an annual Truck drag race event, the Accélération de camions à St-Joseph-de-Beauce (Big Rig Drag Racing) which established in 2004. It attracts over 25,000 visitors from all over Canada and much of the United States.[5]

People linked to Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56980". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 27043". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (Code 2427043) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  5. ^ Big Rig Drag Racing



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