Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Municipality
Church of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°51′N 70°38′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted	February 12, 2003
Government [2]
• Mayor	Eric Lachance
• Federal riding	Beauce
• Prov. riding	Beauce-Sud
Area [2][3]
• Total	200.00 km^2 (77.22 sq mi)
• Land	197.37 km^2 (76.20 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	2,093
• Density	10.6/km^2 (27/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	5.1%
• Dwellings	956
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1T0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-204 R-269
Website	www.st-gedeon- de-beauce.qc.ca

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒedeɔ̃ də bos], lit. 'Saint Gédéon of Beauce') is a municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,093 as of 2021. It is named after biblical judge Gideon.

The municipality was created in February 2003 after the merging of the parish municipality of Saint-Gédéon and the municipality of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.[4] The two had split in 1950.

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is a site of Canam, one of the largest steel joist factories in Canada.

Notable personalities

Novelist Jacques Poulin was born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.

Carnival king Alex Goulet was born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.

Trivia

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is the only municipality whose territory straddles the Chaudière River that does not have a bridge across it.

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 218972". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29013". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). stat.gouv.qc.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire