Beauce-Sartigan is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Georges.[2]
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Beauce-Sartigan | |
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Regional county municipality | |
Coordinates: 45°58′N 70°39′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Effective | January 1, 1982 |
County seat | Saint-Georges |
Communities | List
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Government | |
• Type | Prefecture |
• Prefect | Luc Lemieux |
Area | |
• Total | 1,977.00 km2 (763.32 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,954.50 km2 (754.64 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 52,406 |
• Density | 26.8/km2 (69/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 2.7% |
• Dwellings | 24,195 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area codes | 418 and 581 |
Website | www.mrc beaucesartigan.com |
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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.
There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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Source: 2016 Census [3]
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[5]
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