Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality

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

Beauce-Sartigan
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 45°58′N 70°39′W
Country Canada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatSaint-Georges
Communities
List
  • City
  • Saint-Georges
  •  
  • Municipalities
  • Courcelles-Saint-Évariste
  • Saint-Benoît-Labre
  • Saint-Côme–Linière
  • Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
  • Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
  • Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
  • Saint-Philibert
  • Saint-Simon-les-Mines
  • Saint-Théophile
  •  
  • Parishes
  • Notre-Dame-des-Pins
  • Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
  • Saint-Martin
  • Saint-René
  •  
  • Villages
  • Lac-Poulin
  • La Guadeloupe
Government
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectLuc Lemieux
Area
 • Total1,977.00 km2 (763.32 sq mi)
 • Land1,954.50 km2 (754.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total52,406
 • Density26.8/km2 (69/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 2.7%
 • Dwellings
24,195
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes418 and 581
Websitewww.mrc
beaucesartigan.com

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.

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