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
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
  MayorEric Lachance
  Federal ridingBeauce
  Prov. ridingBeauce-Sud
Area
  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



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