Beauce-Sartigan is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of

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, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Georges. The Chaudière River flows through it. It shares its eastern border with

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, 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

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Subdivisions

There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Saint-Georges ;Municipalities (9) * Saint-Benoît-Labre * Saint-Côme–Linière * Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce * Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth * Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce * Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley * Saint-Philibert * Saint-Simon-les-Mines * Saint-Théophile ;Parishes (4) *

Notre-Dame-des-Pins Notre-Dame-des-Pins is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,812 as of the Canada 2021 Census. Notre-Dame-des-Pins is known for its co ...

* Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset * Saint-Martin * Saint-René ;Villages (2) * Lac-Poulin * La Guadeloupe

Demographics

Ethnicity

Source: 2016 Census * 96.2% White * 2.8% Aboriginal * 1.0% Visible Minority

Transportation

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
/ref> * Autoroutes ** * Principal Highways ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** ** * External Routes ** **

Attractions

* Centre d'art de Saint-Georges (Saint-Georges) * Centre Marie-Fitzbach (Saint-Georges) * Magasin général Honoré Grégoire (Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley) * Musée d'autos antiques Victor-Bélanger (Saint-Côme–Linière) * Pont couvert Perreault (1928) (Notre-Dame-des-Pins) * Saint-Georges Airport (Saint-Georges) * Saint-Paul-de-Cumberland Church (1847) (Saint-Simon-les-Mines) * Village miniature Baillargeon (Saint-Georges)

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