Municipality in Quebec, Canada
| Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | |
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| Municipality | |
 Church of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | |
 Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
  Saint-Gédéon-de-BeauceLocation in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′N 70°38′W / 45.850°N 70.633°W / 45.850; -70.633 | |
| 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 km (77.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 197.37 km (76.20 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,093 |
| • Density | 10.6/km (27/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  5.1% |
| • Dwellings | 956 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | G0M 1T0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-204  R-269 |
| Website | www.st-gedeon- de-beauce.qc.ca |
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒedeɔ̃ də bos], lit. 'Saint Gédéon of 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.
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. 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
- "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 218972". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29013". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ "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
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