Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is a municipality in the
Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality
Beauce-Sartigan is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Georges.
The Chaudière River flows through it. It shares its eastern border with Maine, United States.
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Quebec
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Canada
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. It is part of the
Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,093 as of 2021. It is named after biblical judge
Gideon.
The municipality was created in February 2003 after the merging of the parish municipality of Saint-Gédéon and the municipality of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.
The two had split in 1950.
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is a site of Canam, one of the largest steel joist factories in Canada.
Notable personalities
Novelist
Jacques Poulin
Jacques Poulin (born 23 September 1937 in Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing.
Poulin studied psychology and arts at the Université Laval in Quebec City; he started his career as commercial t ...
was born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.
Carnival king
Alex Goulet was born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.
Trivia
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is the only municipality whose territory straddles the
Chaudière River that does not have a bridge across it.
References
Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches