Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Also known as Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce () 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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Ensemble institutionnel de Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce - Presbytère.jpg
Settlement.image_map: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Beauce-Centre RCM.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Southern Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in southern Quebec.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Chaudière-Appalaches
Settlement.subdivision_type3

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History
Demographics
Notable people
References

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.