Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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For other meanings, see Beauce (disambiguation)

Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Saint-Georges.

The area, has proven to be a hotbed of business development producing a large numer of entrepreneurs who have built successful businesses in the area.

As a part of the Beauce (electoral district), the area consistently votes against Quebec separation from Canada and elects members of the Liberal Party of Canada to the Canadian House of Commons. However, in the 2006 federal election, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada was elected.

Contents 1 Communities 2 Attractions 3 Protected areas 4 Highways 5 Demographics 6 Surrounding counties

[edit] Communities

• Cities and towns
  • Saint-Georges

• Municipalities
  • Saint-Benoît-Labre
  • Saint-Côme-Linière
  • Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
  • Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
  • Saint Philibert
  • Saint-Simon-les-Mines
  • Saint-Théophile
  • Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
  • Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth

• Villages
  • La Guadeloupe
  • Lac-Poulin

• Parishes
  • Notre-Dame-des-Pins
  • Saint-Gédéon
  • Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
  • Saint-Martin
  • Saint-René

[edit] Attractions

• Baillargeon Miniature Village (Saint-Georges-Est)
• Haute-Beauce Interpretation Museum (Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth)
• Honoré-Grégoire General Store (Saint-Honoré)
• Marie-Fitzbach Centre (Aubert-Gallion)
• Perreault Covered Bridge, 1928 (Notre-Dame-des-Pins)
• Saint-Georges Airport (Aubert-Gallion)
• Saint-Paul-de-Cumberland Church, 1847 (Saint-Simon-les-Mines)
• St-Georges Art Centre (Saint-Georges)
• Victor-Bélanger Antique Car Museum (Saint-Côme-Linière)

[edit] Protected areas

• Jaro ZEC

[edit] Highways

Highways in Beauce-Sartigan include:

• Route 108
• Route 173
• Route 204
• Route 269
• Route 271
• Route 275

[edit] Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

• Population: 47,873
• Population change (1996-2001): 3.4
• Dwellings: 4,560
• Area (km²): 1,953.54
• Density (per km².): 24.5
• National rank in terms of population: 116
• Territorial rank in terms of population: 31

[edit] Surrounding counties

• L'Amiante County Regional Municipality, Quebec
• Le Granit County Regional Municipality, Quebec
• Les Etchemins County Regional Municipality, Quebec
• Robert-Cliche County Regional Municipality, Quebec
• Somerset County, Maine

Chaudière-Appalaches (12)
Lévis City | L'Amiante | Beauce-Sartigan | Bellechasse | Les Etchemins | L'Islet | La Nouvelle-Beauce | Lotbinière | Montmagny | Robert-Cliche Neighbouring regions: Bas-Saint-Laurent | Capitale-Nationale | Estrie | Centre-du-Québec