Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Quebec

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 / 46.067°N 70.950°W / 46.067; -70.950Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W / 46.067°N 70.950°W / 46.067; -70.950[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted 24 December 1997
Government[2]
 • Mayor Luc Lemieux
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
 • Total 119.00 km2 (45.95 sq mi)
 • Land 119.53 km2 (46.15 sq mi)
  There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 2,567
 • Density 21.5/km2 (56/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011 Decrease 2.3%
 • Dwellings 986
Time zone UTC−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

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.

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 tomunicipalité 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. 1 2 Geographic code 29112 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2429112) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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