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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
Beauce-Sartigan
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°58′N 70°39′W / 45.967°N 70.650°W / 45.967; -70.650
Country Canada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatSaint-Georges
Communities List
Government
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectLuc Lemieux
Area
 • Total1,977.00 km (763.32 sq mi)
 • Land1,954.50 km (754.64 sq mi)
Population
 • Total52,406
 • Density26.8/km (69/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
Increase 2.7%
 • Dwellings24,195
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes418 and 581
Websitewww.mrc
beaucesartigan.com

Beauce-Sartigan is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Georges.

The Chaudière River flows through it. It shares its eastern border with Maine, United States.

The name of the RCM is linked to the historical region of which it is part, Beauce. Sartigan is a distortion of Mechatigan (or Msakkikhan), the name given to the Chaudière River by the native Abenakis.

Subdivisions

There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (1)
Municipalities (9)
Parishes (4)
Villages (2)

Demographics

Ethnicity

Source: 2016 Census

  • 96.2% White
  • 2.8% Aboriginal
  • 1.0% Visible Minority

Transportation

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

Attractions

  • Centre d'art de Saint-Georges (Saint-Georges)
  • Centre Marie-Fitzbach (Saint-Georges)
  • Magasin général Honoré Grégoire (Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley)
  • Musée d'autos antiques Victor-Bélanger (Saint-Côme–Linière)
  • Pont couvert Perreault (1928) (Notre-Dame-des-Pins)
  • Saint-Georges Airport (Saint-Georges)
  • Saint-Paul-de-Cumberland Church (1847) (Saint-Simon-les-Mines)
  • Village miniature Baillargeon (Saint-Georges)

See also

References

  1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141119". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 290". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Beauce-Sartigan, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  4. "Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality (Code 2429) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  5. Official Transport Quebec Road Map


Adjacent Counties & Equivalent Territories
Beauce-Centre RCM Les Etchemins RCM
Les Appalaches RCM Beauce-Sartigan RCM  United States
Maine Somerset County, Maine
Le Granit RCM


Quebec Administrative divisions of Chaudière-Appalaches  (Region 12)
Regional county municipalities
and equivalent territories
Municipalities
Administrative divisions of Quebec
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