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 2,093 as of 2021. It is named after biblical judge Gideon.
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | |
|---|---|
 Church of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | |
 Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
  Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′N 70°38′W / 45.850°N 70.633°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
| Constituted | February 12, 2003 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eric Lachance |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
| • Total | 200.00 km2 (77.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 197.37 km2 (76.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 2,093 |
| • Density | 10.6/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  5.1% |
| • Dwellings | 956 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-204  R-269 |
| Website | www.st-gedeon- de-beauce.qc.ca |
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 edit
Novelist Jacques Poulin was born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.
Carnival king Alex Goulet was born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.
Trivia edit
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is the only municipality whose territory straddles the Chaudière River that does not have a bridge across it.
References edit
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 218972". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29013". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). stat.gouv.qc.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire