La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality
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.
La Nouvelle-Beauce | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Nouvelle-Beauce landscape in Sainte-Marie and Saint-Elzéar. | |
| Coordinates: 46°27′N 71°02′W | |
| 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) | |
| • 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 |
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.
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