La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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La Nouvelle-Beauce (New Beauce) is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, south of the Saint Lawrence River. It is located south of Lévis, along the Chaudière River.
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La Nouvelle-Beauce | |
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Coordinates: 46°27′N 71°02′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Sainte-Marie |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Richard Lehoux |
Area | |
• Total | 911.80 km2 (352.05 sq mi) |
• Land | 905.58 km2 (349.65 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 36,785 |
• Density | 40.6/km2 (105/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 4.8% |
• Dwellings | 15,501 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
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Established in 1982 as a successor to Dorchester County, La Nouvelle-Beauce is made of 11 municipalities and is mainly French-speaking (99.2% French-speaking in 2006) and rural. Sainte-Marie, the county seat, is the most populous municipality.
The name of La Nouvelle-Beauce reminds the one given to the area along the Chaudière River by the French authorities until the end of the French Regime in North America.