Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Quebec

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.

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[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Sartigan
ConstitutedFebruary 12, 2003
Government
[2]
 • MayorEric Lachance
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
[2][3]
 • Total200.00 km2 (77.22 sq mi)
 • Land196.99 km2 (76.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total2,277
 • Density11.6/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 3.1%
 • Dwellings
928
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1T0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 204
Route 269
Websitewww.st-gedeon-
de-beauce.qc.ca

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 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
  1. Reference number 218972 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 29013 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2429013) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/Modfev03.pdf%5B%5D



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