Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | |
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Church of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | |
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′N 70°38′W / 45.850°N 70.633°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
| Constituted | February 12, 2003 |
| Named after | Gideon and Beauce |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alain Quirion |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
| Area | |
| 200.00 km2 (77.22 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 197.37 km2 (76.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| 2,093 | |
| • Density | 10.6/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,439 |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 5.1% |
| • Dwellings | 956 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | R-204 R-269 |
| Website | www.st-gedeon- de-beauce.qc.ca |
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒedeɔ̃ də bos], lit. 'Saint Gédéon of Beauce') is a municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region, and its population was 2,093 as of 2021. It is named after biblical judge Gideon.
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. The two had split in 1950.
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is a site of Canam, one of the largest steel joist factories in Canada.