Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality

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Beauce-Sartigan is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Georges.<ref name="mamrot">Template:Mamrot</ref>

The Chaudière River flows through it. It shares its eastern border with Maine, United States.

The name of the RCM is linked to the historical region of which it is part, Beauce. Sartigan is a distortion of Mechatigan (or Msakkikhan), the name given to the Chaudière River by the native Abenakis.

Subdivisions

There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM:<ref name="mamrot"/>

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Cities & Towns (1)

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Municipalities (9)

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Parishes (4)

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Villages (2)

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Demographics

Ethnicity

Source: 2016 Census <ref name="census2016"/>

  • 96.2% White
  • 2.8% Aboriginal
  • 1.0% Visible Minority

Transportation

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:<ref>Official Transport Quebec Road Map</ref>

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Attractions

  • Centre d'art de Saint-Georges (Saint-Georges)
  • Centre Marie-Fitzbach (Saint-Georges)
  • Magasin général Honoré Grégoire (Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley)
  • Musée d'autos antiques Victor-Bélanger (Saint-Côme–Linière)
  • Pont couvert Perreault (1928) (Notre-Dame-des-Pins)
  • Saint-Georges Airport (Saint-Georges)
  • Saint-Paul-de-Cumberland Church (1847) (Saint-Simon-les-Mines)
  • Village miniature Baillargeon (Saint-Georges)

See also

References

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