La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality

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La Nouvelle-Beauce
Regional county municipality
Nouvelle-Beauce landscape in Sainte-Marie and Saint-Elzéar.
Coordinates: 46°27′N 71°02′W / 46.450°N 71.033°W / 46.450; -71.033[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Sainte-Marie
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Richard Lehoux
Area [2][3]
• Total	911.80 km2 (352.05 sq mi)
• Land	905.58 km2 (349.65 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	36,785
• Density	40.6/km2 (105/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	4.8%
• Dwellings	15,501
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.nouvellebeauce.com
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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.

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.