Chaudière-Appalaches Explained

Official Name:	Chaudière-Appalaches
Settlement Type:	Region
Flag Size:	n
Coordinates:	46.4833°N -107°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Leader Party:	President
Leader Title:	Table régionale des élus municipaux de la Chaudière-Appalaches (Regional conference of elected officers)
Leader Name:	Maurice Sénécal
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Land Km2:	15,083.25
Population Total:	420,082
Population As Of:	2016
Population Density Km2:	27.9

Chaudière-Appalaches (pronounced as /fr-CA/) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (French: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachian Mountains.

Chaudière-Appalaches has a population of 420,082 residents (as of the Canada 2016 Census) and a land area of .^[1] The main cities are Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford Mines, Sainte-Marie and Montmagny.

Administrative divisions

Regional County Municipality (RCM)	Population Canada 2016 Census^[2]	Land Area	Density (pop. per km)	Seat of RCM
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Beauce-Centre	19,125	840.1km2	22.8	Beauceville
Beauce-Sartigan	52,406	1954.5km2	26.8	Saint-Georges
Bellechasse	37,233	1751.06km2	21.3	Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
La Nouvelle-Beauce	36,785	905.58km2	40.6	Sainte-Marie
Les Appalaches	42,346	1912.49km2	22.1	Thetford Mines
Les Etchemins	16,536	1810.05km2	9.1	Lac-Etchemin
L'Islet	17,798	2100.02km2	8.5	Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Lotbinière	31,741	1662.27km2	19.1	Sainte-Croix
Montmagny	22,698	1698.13km2	13.4	Montmagny

Territory Equivalent to a RCM (TE)	Population Canada 2016 Census	Land Area	Density (pop. per km)	Seat of RCM
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Lévis	143,414	449.05km2	319.4	Lévis