La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality
Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
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La Nouvelle-Beauce (French pronunciation: [la nuvɛl bos], New Beauce) is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, south of the Saint Lawrence River. It is located south of Lévis, along the Chaudière River.
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 Nouvelle-Beauce landscape in Sainte-Marie and Saint-Elzéar. | |
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| Coordinates: 46°27′N 71°02′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Effective | January 1, 1982 |
| County seat | Sainte-Marie |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture |
| • Prefect | Richard Lehoux |
| Area | |
• Total | 911.80 km2 (352.05 sq mi) |
| • Land | 905.58 km2 (349.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 36,785 |
| • Density | 40.6/km2 (105/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 |  4.8% |
| • Dwellings | 15,501 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
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Established in 1982 as a successor to Dorchester County, La Nouvelle-Beauce is made of 11 municipalities and is mainly French-speaking (99.2% French-speaking in 2006) and rural. Sainte-Marie, the county seat, is the most populous municipality.
The name of La Nouvelle-Beauce reminds the one given to the area along the Chaudière River by the French authorities until the end of the French Regime in North America.
Subdivisions
There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM:[2]
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