Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Quebec
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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 Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM. | ||
  Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce Location in southern Quebec. | ||
| Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W / 46.067°N 70.950°WCoordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W / 46.067°N 70.950°W[1] | ||
| Country |
 Canada | |
| Province |
 Quebec | |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches | |
| RCM | Beauce-Sartigan | |
| Constituted | 24 December 1997 | |
| Government[2] | ||
| • Mayor | Luc Lemieux | |
| • Federal riding | Beauce | |
| • Prov. riding | Beauce-Sud | |
| Area[2][3] | ||
| • Total | 119.00 km2 (45.95 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 119.53 km2 (46.15 sq mi) | |
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There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources | ||
| Population (2011)[3] | ||
| • Total | 2,567 | |
| • Density | 21.5/km2 (56/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006–2011 |
 2.3% | |
| • Dwellings | 986 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | G0M 1R0 | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 | |
| Highways |
 Route 108  Route 269  Route 271 | |
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,680 as of 2006. It was named after Ephrem the Syrian.
Flag origin
It covers the same colors as that of France to signify our French origins. It contains three maple leaves in green in the white flag. These represent the country of maple and three founding groups from Saint-Isidore, Sainte-Marie and Beauceville. It was created in 1955.
Economy
Some important industries are there so:
- René Matériaux Composites
- Porte Baillargeon
- Industrie PHL
- Filature Lemieux
- Transport Couture
Administration
- 1855 : Constitution of the municipalité de canton de Tring
- 1866 : The municipalité de paroisse de Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring is created during the breakup of Tring.
- 1870 :Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring changes its status to municipality.
- 1897 :The municipalité de village de Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring detaches from the municipality.
- 1956 :The municipality of Saint-Ephrem de Tring changed its name tomunicipalité de paroisse de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
- 1997 : Fusion between Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring and Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce to become the municipalité de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce.
See also
References
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Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce | Saint-Victor | | |
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Saint-Benoît-Labre | ||
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| La Guadeloupe | Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley |
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