Beauceville is a city in, and the seat of, the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in

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. It is part of the

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...

region and the population was 6,185 as of the

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. 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 The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...

. Beauceville was the first municipality in

Beauce Beauce may refer to: * Beauce, France, a natural region in northern France * Beaucé, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France * Beauce, Quebec, an historical and cultural region of Canada ** Beauce (electoral district), a fed ...

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

, 85 km south of

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, 55 km from the border of the US state of

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and 150 km from

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Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Beauceville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Transportation

Autoroute 73 crosses Beauceville's territory at exit 61.

Notable people

* William Chapman, poet born in Saint-François-de-Beauce *

Nicole Jolicoeur Nicole Jolicoeur (1947) is a Canadian artist from Quebec, best known for her work in photography and video. In the late 1980s, much of her work was inspired by research into Jean-Martin Charcot's theories on feminine "hysteria." Life Jolicoeur ...

, artist *

Jeanne St. Laurent Jeanne St. Laurent (née Renault; October 22, 1886 – November 14, 1966) was the wife of Louis St. Laurent, the 12th Prime Minister of Canada. Biography Renault was born in Beauceville, Quebec. Her parents were Pierre-Ferdinand Renault (18 ...

, wife to former Prime Minister

Louis St. Laurent Louis Stephen St. Laurent (''Saint-Laurent'' or ''St-Laurent'' in French, baptized Louis-Étienne St-Laurent; February 1, 1882 – July 25, 1973) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 19 ...

Stéphane Veilleux Stéphane Veilleux (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), left winger. He most notably played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota Wild, Tampa Bay Lightning and the ...

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player *

Marie-Philip Poulin Marie-Philip Poulin-Nadeau (born March 28, 1991) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently with the PWHPA and who serves as captain of the Canada women's national ice hockey team, Canadian national team. A three-time Olympic and three-time Wo ...

, hockey player, Olympic Gold Medalist (

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References

Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

External links

Ville de Beauceville

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