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 2,093 as of 2021. It is named after biblical judge Gideon.

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Municipality
Church of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Church of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
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)
 • Land197.37 km2 (76.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total2,093
 • Density10.6/km2 (27/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 5.1%
 • Dwellings
956
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0M 1T0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-204
R-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. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 218972". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29013". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). stat.gouv.qc.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)



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