Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality

Beauce-Centre (French pronunciation: [bos sɑ̃tʁ]) is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Chaudière River, between La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality and Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality.

Beauce-Centre Robert-Cliche (1982-2022)
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°12′N 70°49′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
Name change[2]	July 30, 2022
County seat	Beauceville
Government [3]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jonathan V. Bolduc
Area [3][4]
• Total	844.80 km2 (326.18 sq mi)
• Land	839.60 km2 (324.17 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	19,253
• Density	22.9/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	0.7%
• Dwellings	8,827
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.beaucerc.com

Established in 1982 as the successor to Beauce County under the name Robert-Cliche, Beauce-Centre is made up of ten municipalities and is mainly French-speaking. The territory is a mix of urban and rural. Beauceville, the county seat, is the most populated municipality.

It was originally named after Quebecois politician, writer, lawyer, and judge Robert Cliche. He was born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, one of Beauce-Centre's municipalities. The regional county municipality's name was officially changed on 30 July 2022.^[2]

Subdivisions

There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:^[3]

Cities & Towns (2) Beauceville Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Municipalities (4) Saint-Alfred Saint-Joseph-des-Érables Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne Saint-Victor

Parishes (3) Saint-Frédéric Saint-Jules Saint-Séverin

Villages (1) Tring-Jonction

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[5]

Autoroutes A-73

Principal Highways R-108 R-112 R-173

Secondary Highways R-276

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
• Beauce, Quebec

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141042". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Gazette Officielle du Quebec: Partie 1 Avis Juridiques (Municipalité régionale de comté de Robert-Cliche)" (PDF). Bibliothèque nationale du Québec. July 30, 2022. p. 495. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
3. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 270". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
4. "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Robert-Cliche, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
5. Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère des Transports (30 May 2015). "Transports Québec : Québec 511 - Carte routière". gouv.qc.ca.

External links

• (in French) Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality