Beauceville

Beauceville is a city in, and the seat of, the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 6,185 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

Beauceville
City
Beauceville seen from the hospital
Beauceville seen from the hospital
Coat of arms of Beauceville
Coat of arms
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Beauceville is located in Southern Quebec
Beauceville
Beauceville
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°12′N 70°47′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMBeauce-Centre
ConstitutedFebruary 25, 1998
Government
[2]
 • MayorLuc Provençal
 • Federal ridingBeauce
 • Prov. ridingBeauce-Nord
Area
[2][3]
 • Total166.20 km2 (64.17 sq mi)
 • Land164.59 km2 (63.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total6,185
 • Density37.6/km2 (97/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 1.7%
 • Dwellings
2,875
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G5X
Area codes418 and 581
Highways
A-73
R-108
R-173
Websitewww.ville.
beauceville.qc.ca

Beauceville's new constitution dates from 1998, when it amalgamated with Saint-François-Ouest and Saint-François-de-Beauce. The previous city was also the creation of a merging between Beauceville and Beauceville-Est, distinction made because each shared a bank of the Chaudière River. Beauceville was the first municipality in Beauce to be constituted as a city when it detached from Saint-François-de-Beauce in 1904.

Geography

Covering an area of 164.56 km2, Beauceville extends on both banks of the Chaudière River, 85 km south of Quebec City, 55 km from the border of the US state of Maine and 150 km from Sherbrooke.

Neighborhoods
  • Beauceville-Est
  • Centre-ville
  • Saint-François-de-Beauce
  • Saint-François-Ouest

History

Before its creation, the territory where Beauceville currently sit was known as Saint-François-de-la-Beauce. The actual city of Beauceville was formed in 1904 by splitting from the municipality of Saint-François. It will lose some of its territory in 1930 for the creation of the city of Beauceville-Est but this city will merge back with Beauceville in 1973. It will finally gain significant territories in 1998 by annexing the neighbouring municipalities of Saint-François-de-Beauce (the same municipality from which Beauceville originally splitted from) and Saint-François-Ouest. Throughout its history, Beauceville has suffered from the many spring overflows of the Chaudière River, causing great damage. In the spring, the water rose several times until it covered the streets of the municipality.

In recent years, Beauceville has been marked by economic prosperity: The municipality has more than 25 manufacturing companies. The industrial park is in full expansion and welcomes many new companies.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beauceville had a population of 6,185 living in 2,723 of its 2,875 total private dwellings, a change of -1.7% from its 2016 population of 6,291. With a land area of 164.59 km2 (63.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 37.6/km2 (97.3/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Transportation

Autoroute 73 crosses Beauceville's territory at exit 61.

Notable people

References
  1. "Reference number 341186 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 27028 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Beauceville, Ville (V) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.



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