Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, Quebec

Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce
Municipality

Location within Les Appalaches RCM
Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce
Location in province of Quebec
Coordinates: 46°08′N 71°02′W / 46.13°N 71.03°W / 46.13; -71.03Coordinates: 46°08′N 71°02′W / 46.13°N 71.03°W / 46.13; -71.03[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Les Appalaches
Constituted November 19, 1938
Government[2]
 • Mayor Gérald Grenier
 • Federal riding Mégantic—L'Érable
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
 • Total 60.80 km2 (23.48 sq mi)
 • Land 60.59 km2 (23.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 650
 • Density 10.7/km2 (28/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 8.2%
 • Dwellings 288
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s) G0N 1C0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 271
Website www.ste-clotilde.com

Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 606 as of 2009. It was named after Clotilde, Frankish queen and wife of Clovis I. "Beauce" refers to the municipality's former census division and helps to its differentiation with other Quebec municipalities named "Sainte-Clotilde."

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 137716 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 31060 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. 1 2 "(Code 2431060) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
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