Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Quebec

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Municipality
	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°WCoordinates: 45°51′N 70°38′W / 45.850°N 70.633°W
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	196.99 km2 (76.06 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,277
• Density	11.6/km2 (30/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.1%
• Dwellings	928
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1T0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 204 ; Route 269
Website	www.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 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[]

^ Reference number 218972 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Geographic code 29013 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "(Code 2429013) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
^ http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/Modfev03.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

[toponymie-1] Reference number 218972 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)

[mamrot-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Geographic code 29013 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)

[cp2011-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "(Code 2429013) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

[4] ttp://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/Modfev03.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

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show v t Subdivisions of Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality
Cities & Towns	Saint-Georges
Municipalities	Saint-Benoît-Labre Saint-Côme–Linière Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley Saint-Philibert Saint-Simon-les-Mines Saint-Théophile
Parishes	Notre-Dame-des-Pins Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset Saint-Martin Saint-René
Villages	Lac-Poulin La Guadeloupe
Regional County Municipalities in Chaudière-Appalaches: Beauce-Sartigan Bellechasse La Nouvelle-Beauce Les Appalaches Les Etchemins L'Islet Lotbinière Montmagny Robert-Cliche Independent Cities: Lévis

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Municipality
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 / 45.850; -70.633Coordinates: 45°51′N 70°38′W / 45.850°N 70.633°W / 45.850; -70.633^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	February 12, 2003
Government ^[2]
• Mayor	Eric Lachance
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area ^[2]^[3]
• Total	200.00 km² (77.22 sq mi)
• Land	196.99 km² (76.06 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[3]
• Total	2,277
• Density	11.6/km² (30/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.1%
• Dwellings	928
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1T0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 204 Route 269
Website	www.st-gedeon- de-beauce.qc.ca