Beauce-Centre | |
Other Name: | Robert-Cliche (1982-2022) |
Settlement Type: | Regional county municipality |
Coordinates: | 46.2°N -119°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Established Title: | Effective |
Established Date: | January 1, 1982 |
Established Title2: | Name change |
Established Date2: | July 30, 2022 |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Beauceville |
Government Type: | Prefecture |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Jonathan V. Bolduc |
Area Total Km2: | 844.80 |
Area Land Km2: | 839.60 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 19,253 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 22.9 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 0.7% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 8,827 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
Area Code: | 418 and 581 |
Beauce-Centre is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Chaudière River, between La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality and Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality.
Established in 1982 as the successor to Beauce County under the name Robert-Cliche, Beauce-Centre is made up of ten municipalities and is mainly French-speaking. The territory is a mix of urban and rural. Beauceville, the county seat, is the most populated municipality.
It was originally named after Quebecois politician, writer, lawyer, and judge Robert Cliche. He was born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, one of Beauce-Centre's municipalities. The regional county municipality's name was officially changed on .[2]
There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:[3]