Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
City

Location within Robert-Cliche RCM.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W / 46.300; -70.883Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W / 46.300; -70.883[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Robert-Cliche
Constituted January 27, 1999
Government[2]
 • Mayor Michel Cliche
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Nord
Area[2][3]
 • Total 116.00 km2 (44.79 sq mi)
 • Land 110.87 km2 (42.81 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 4,722
 • Density 42.6/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 6.0%
 • Dwellings 2,020
Time zone UTC−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
Website www.ville.saint
josephdebeauce.qc.ca

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.

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]

People linked to Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 56980 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 27043 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2427043) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
  4. ↑ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  5. ↑ Big Rig Drag Racing



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