Courcelles–Saint-Évariste () is a municipality in

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. The na ...

in the

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region in

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. It is approximately south of

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. Artist

Carmen Coulombe Carmen Coulombe (1946 – January 24, 2008) was a Canadian artist. Born in Courcelles, Quebec, Coulombe studied art at the École des Beaux-Arts in Quebec City until 1971. She became a certified teacher in 1972 while attending Laval University. K ...

was born in Courcelles-Saint-Évariste.

History

The Municipality of Courcelles–Saint-Évaristee was founded on January 1, 2024, by the merger of the municipalities of Courcelles and Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth.

Geography

Coucelles–Saint-Évariste is the gateway to the Eastern Townships tourist region on Route 108 linking the Beauce to the Eastern Townships. But even more significantly, the municipality occupies the centre of the triangle formed by the three service towns of

Thetford Mines Thetford Mines (; Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 187 km east-northeast of Mo ...

to the north, Saint-Georges to the east and Lac-Mégantic to the south. Situated on a hill, the view from Courcelles-Saint-Évariste is impressive. You can see some of the surrounding mountains, such as Mont Adstock.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census,

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reported that Courcelles–Saint-Évariste had a population of 1,325 living in 621 of its 741 total dwellings, an -3.1% change from its 2016 population of 1,368.

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* {{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality