Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | |
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Location within Beauce-Centre RCM. | |
| Coordinates: 46°18′N 70°53′W / 46.300°N 70.883°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Beauce-Centre |
| Constituted | January 27, 1999 |
| Named after | Saint Joseph |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serge Vachon |
| • Federal riding | Beauce |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Nord |
| Area | |
• Total | 116.00 km2 (44.79 sq mi) |
| • Land | 114.70 km2 (44.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 5,014 |
| • Density | 43.7/km2 (113/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | 3.2% |
| • Dwellings | 2,219 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways A-73 | R-173 R-276 |
| Website | www.ville.saint josephdebeauce.qc.ca |
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒozɛf də bos]) is a city in the 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 2021 Census.
The new city constitution dates from 1999, when the city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce amalgamated. However, the territory was settled as a seigneurie in 1736 under Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, which makes it the oldest settlement in Beauce. In 1747, Vaudreuil would exchange it to Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière, who would initiate the development of the settlement.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is the seat of the judicial district of Beauce.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce holds an annual Truck drag race event, the Accélération de camions à St-Joseph-de-Beauce (Big Rig Drag Racing) which established in 2004. It attracts over 25,000 visitors from all over Canada and much of the United States.