Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | |
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City | |
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Location in southern Quebec. | |
Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°WCoordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Robert-Cliche |
Constituted | January 27, 1999 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pierre Gilbert |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
Area | |
• Total | 116.00 km2 (44.79 sq mi) |
• Land | 110.87 km2 (42.81 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 4,722 |
• Density | 42.6/km2 (110/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 6.0% |
• Dwellings | 2,020 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | G0S 2V0 |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-73 | Route 173 Route 276 |
Website | www.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 , 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[]
- Henri Sévérin Béland, doctor, mayor and politician
- Vital Cliche, politician
- Junior Lessard, Deutsche Eishockey Liga player
- Raphaël Lessard, NASCAR driver[6]
- Adrien Ouellette, politician
- Joseph Poirier, politician
- Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau, seigneur, judge and politician
- Thomas Linière Taschereau, lawyer, mayor and politician
References[]
- ^ Reference number 56980 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic code 27043 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "(Code 2427043) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
- ^ Big Rig Drag Racing
- ^ McDonald, Norris (2017-08-19). "Raphael Lessard, 16, is taking the stock-car racing world by storm". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
- Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
- Cities and towns in Quebec
- Populated places established in 1736