Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Quebec
Appearance
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce | |
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Motto: Proud of our municipality! (French: Fiers de notre municipalité!) | |
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | |
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W / 46.067°N 70.950°W[1] | |
Country | |
Province | |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Beauce-Sartigan |
Constituted | 24 December 1997 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Luc Lemieux |
• Federal riding | Beauce |
• Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud |
Area | |
• 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 | |
• Dwellings | 1,054 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | |
Website | www |
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.
Flag origin
[edit]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
[edit]Some important industries are there so:
- René Matériaux Composites
- Porte Baillargeon
- Industrie PHL
- Filature Lemieux
- Transport Couture
Administration
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 338811". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 29112". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada – Validation Error".