Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Quebec

Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 2,567 as of the Canadian census of 2011. It was named after Ephrem the Syrian.

Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Municipality
Flag
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Sartigan
Constituted24 December 1997
Government
[2]
 • MayorLuc Lemieux
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
[2][3]
 • Total119.00 km2 (45.95 sq mi)
 • Land119.53 km2 (46.15 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total2,567
 • Density21.5/km2 (56/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011
 2.3%
 • Dwellings
986
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1R0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 108
Route 269
Route 271

Flag origin

It incorporates the same colours as the French flag as a sign of the community's French identity. The three green maple leaves on a white background represent its maple country location, while the number three is for the founding communities of Saint-Isidore, Sainte-Marie and Beauceville. The flag was adopted in 1955.

Economy

Some important industries are there so:

  • René Matériaux Composites
  • Porte Baillargeon
  • Industrie PHL
  • Filature Lemieux
  • Transport Couture

Administration
  • 1855 : Constitution of the municipalité de canton de Tring
  • 1866 : The municipalité de paroisse de Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring is created during the breakup of Tring.
  • 1870 : Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring changes its status to municipality.
  • 1897 : The municipalité de village de Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring detaches from the municipality.
  • 1956 : The municipality of Saint-Ephrem de Tring changed its name to municipalité de paroisse de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
  • 1997 : Fusion between Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring and Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce to become the municipalité de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce.

See also

Woodstock en Beauce

References
  1. Reference number 338811 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 29112 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2429112) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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