Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality

Beauce-Sartigan
Coordinates: 45°58′N 70°39′W / 45.967°N 70.650°W / 45.967; -70.650[1]
Country Canada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
EffectiveJanuary 1, 1982
County seatSaint-Georges
Communities
Government
 • TypePrefecture
 • PrefectLuc Lemieux
Area
 • Total1,977.00 km2 (763.32 sq mi)
 • Land1,954.50 km2 (754.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total52,406
 • Density26.8/km2 (69/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
Increase 2.7%
 • Dwellings
24,195
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes418 and 581
Websitewww.mrc
beaucesartigan.com
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Beauce-Sartigan is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Georges.[2]

The Chaudière River flows through it. It shares its eastern border with Maine, United States.

The name of the RCM is linked to the historical region of which it is part, Beauce. Sartigan is a distortion of Mechatigan (or Msakkikhan), the name given to the Chaudière River by the native Abenakis.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 290". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference census2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality (Code 2429) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.