Country Canada Effective January 1, 1982 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 911.8 km² Province Québec | Region Chaudière-Appalaches County seat Sainte-Marie Area code(s) 418 and 581 Population 35,107 (2011) | |
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La Nouvelle-Beauce (New Beauce) is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, south of the Saint Lawrence River. It is located south of Lévis, along the Chaudière River.
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Map of La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, QC, Canada
Established in 1982 as a successor to Dorchester County, La Nouvelle-Beauce is made of 11 municipalities and is mainly French-speaking (99.2% French-speaking in 2006) and rural. Sainte-Marie, the county seat, is the most populous municipality.
The name of La Nouvelle-Beauce reminds the one given to the area along the Chaudière River by the French authorities until the end of the French Regime in North America.
Subdivisions
There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM:
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: