Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality
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Beauce-Sartigan | |
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Coordinates: 45°58′N 70°39′W / 45.967°N 70.650°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Saint-Georges |
Communities | List
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Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Luc Lemieux |
Area | |
• Total | 1,977.00 km2 (763.32 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,954.50 km2 (754.64 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 52,406 |
• Density | 26.8/km2 (69/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 2.7% |
• Dwellings | 24,195 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area codes | 418 and 581 |
Website | www.mrc beaucesartigan.com |
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Beauce-Sartigan is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Georges.[2]
The Chaudière River flows through it. It shares its eastern border with Maine, United States.
The name of the RCM is linked to the historical region of which it is part, Beauce. Sartigan is a distortion of Mechatigan (or Msakkikhan), the name given to the Chaudière River by the native Abenakis.
Subdivisions
[edit]There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Demographics
[edit]Ethnicity
[edit]Source: 2016 Census [3]
- 96.2% White
- 2.8% Aboriginal
- 1.0% Visible Minority
Transportation
[edit]Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
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Attractions
[edit]- Centre d'art de Saint-Georges (Saint-Georges)
- Centre Marie-Fitzbach (Saint-Georges)
- Magasin général Honoré Grégoire (Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley)
- Musée d'autos antiques Victor-Bélanger (Saint-Côme–Linière)
- Pont couvert Perreault (1928) (Notre-Dame-des-Pins)
- Saint-Georges Airport (Saint-Georges)
- Saint-Paul-de-Cumberland Church (1847) (Saint-Simon-les-Mines)
- Village miniature Baillargeon (Saint-Georges)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141119". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c d "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 290". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Beauce-Sartigan, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^ "Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality (Code 2429) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map