Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is a city in the Municipalité régionale de comté Robert-Cliche in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 4,722 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Location within Robert-Cliche RCM.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMRobert-Cliche
ConstitutedJanuary 27, 1999
Government
  MayorPierre Gilbert
  Federal ridingBeauce
  Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
  Total116.00 km2 (44.79 sq mi)
  Land110.87 km2 (42.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
  Total4,722
  Density42.6/km2 (110/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
6.0%
  Dwellings
2,020
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 2V0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-73

Route 173
Route 276
Websitewww.ville.saint
josephdebeauce.qc.ca

The new city constitution dates from 1999, when the city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce amalgamated. However, the territory was settled as a seigneurie in 1736 under Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, which makes it the oldest settlement in Beauce. In 1747, Vaudreuil would exchange it to Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière, who would initiate the development of the settlement.

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is the seat of the judicial district of Beauce.[4]

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce holds an annual Truck drag race event, the Accélération de camions à St-Joseph-de-Beauce (Big Rig Drag Racing) which established in 2004. It attracts over 25,000 visitors from all over Canada and much of the United States.[5]

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