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 was 2,567 as of the Canadian census of 2011. It was named after Ephrem the Syrian.

Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Municipality
Flag
Motto:  Proud of our municipality! (French: Fiers de notre municipalité!)
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W[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	118.90 km2 (45.91 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	2,323
• Density	19.5/km2 (51/sq mi)
• Pop 2011–2021	3.2%
• Dwellings	1,054
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0M 1R0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 108 Route 269 Route 271
Website	www.saint-ephrem.com

Flag origin

It incorporates the same colours as the French flag as a sign of the community's French identity. The three green maple leaves on a white background represent its maple country location, while the number three is for the founding communities of Saint-Isidore, Sainte-Marie and Beauceville. The flag was adopted 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 to municipalité 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

• Commission de toponymie du Québec