Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

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Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
City
Location within Robert-Cliche RCM.
Location within Robert-Cliche RCM.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W / 46.300; -70.883Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W / 46.300; -70.883[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMRobert-Cliche
ConstitutedJanuary 27, 1999
Government
[2]
 • MayorPierre Gilbert
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
[2][3]
 • Total116.00 km2 (44.79 sq mi)
 • Land110.87 km2 (42.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total4,722
 • Density42.6/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 6.0%
 • Dwellings
2,020
Time zoneUTC−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
Websitewww.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]

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References[]

  1. ^ Reference number 56980 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Geographic code 27043 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "(Code 2427043) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  5. ^ Big Rig Drag Racing
  6. ^ 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.



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