Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
City
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W / 46.300; -70.883[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Centre
ConstitutedJanuary 27, 1999
Named forSaint Joseph[1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorPierre Gilbert
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
[2][3]
 • Total116.00 km2 (44.79 sq mi)
 • Land114.70 km2 (44.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total5,014
 • Density43.7/km2 (113/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 3.2%
 • Dwellings
2,219
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 2V0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-73
R-173
R-276
Websitewww.ville.saint
josephdebeauce.qc.ca

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is a city in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 5,014 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

The new city constitution dates from 1999, when the city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce amalgamated. However, the territory was settled as a seigneurie in 1736 under Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, which makes it the oldest settlement in Beauce. In 1747, Vaudreuil would exchange it to Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière, who would initiate the development of the settlement.

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is the seat of the judicial district of Beauce.[4]

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce holds an annual Truck drag race event, the Accélération de camions à St-Joseph-de-Beauce (Big Rig Drag Racing) which established in 2004. It attracts over 25,000 visitors from all over Canada and much of the United States.[5]

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  4. ^ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
  5. ^ Big Rig Drag Racing