Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Quebec

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Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Municipality

Flag
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W / 46.067°N 70.950°W / 46.067; -70.950Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W / 46.067°N 70.950°W / 46.067; -70.950[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted 24 December 1997
Government[2]
 • Mayor Luc Lemieux
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area[2][3]
 • Total 119.00 km2 (45.95 sq mi)
 • Land 119.53 km2 (46.15 sq mi)
  There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 2,567
 • Density 21.5/km2 (56/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011 Decrease 2.3%
 • Dwellings 986
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) G0M 1R0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
Highways Route 108
Route 269
Route 271

Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,680 as of 2006. It was named after Ephrem the Syrian.

Flag origin

It covers the same colors as that of France to signify our French origins. It contains three maple leaves in green in the white flag. These represent the country of maple and three founding groups from Saint-Isidore, Saint-Marie and Beauceville. It was created in 1955.

Economy

Some important industries are there so:

  • René Matériaux Composites
  • Porte Baillargeon
  • Industrie PHL
  • Filature Lemieux
  • Transport Couture

Administration

  • 1855 : Constitution of the municipalité de canton de Tring
  • 1866 : The municipalité de paroisse de Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring is created during the breakup of Tring.
  • 1870 :Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring changes its status to municipality.
  • 1897 :The municipalité de village de Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring detaches from the municipality.
  • 1956 :The municipality of Saint-Ephrem de Tring changed its name tomunicipalité de paroisse de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
  • 1997 : Fusion between Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring and Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce to become the municipalité de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce.

See also

Woodstock en Beauce

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 338811 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geographic code 29112 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "(Code 2429112) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. 


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