Saint-Joseph-des-Érables is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in

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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 is 377 as of 2021. Saint-Joseph-des-Érables lies on the western 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 fl ...

, facing

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is a city in the Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality, Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 5,014 as of the Canada 20 ...

, from which it has split in 1938. "Érables" refers to the large presence of maple trees on the municipality's territory.

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada:

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census * Population in 2021: 377 (2016 to 2021 population change: -8%) * Population in 2016: 410 * Population in 2011: 420 * Population in 2006: 417 * Population in 2001: 460 * Population in 1996: 455 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 148 (total dwellings: 154)

References

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

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