Bécancour, Quebec

Bécancour
City
Sainte-Angèle-de-Laval
Coat of arms
Motto: Vivre et grandir ("To live and to grow")
Location within Bécancour RCM.
Bécancour Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°20′N 72°26′W / 46.333°N 72.433°W / 46.333; -72.433Coordinates: 46°20′N 72°26′W / 46.333°N 72.433°W / 46.333; -72.433
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	Bécancour
Constituted	October 17, 1965
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Guy Dubois
• Federal riding	Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
• Prov. riding	Nicolet-Bécancour
Area
• Total	494.60 km2 (190.97 sq mi)
• Land	440.74 km2 (170.17 sq mi)
Elevation	148 m (486 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,438
• Density	28.2/km2 (73/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	13.3%
• Dwellings	5,667
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G9H
Area code(s)	819
Highways A-30 A-55	Route 132 Route 226 Route 261
Website	www.becancour.net

Bécancour (French pronunciation: ​[bekɑ̃kuʁ]) is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Québec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.

Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is an enclave within the town of Bécancour. They arrived from Norridgewock, Maine (formerly Acadia) in the aftermath of Father Rale's War.

There was a small migration of Acadians to the village (1759), after the British began the Expulsion of the Acadians from the Maritimes. Specifically, the Acadians migrated from present-day New Brunswick to avoid being killed or captured in the St. John River Campaign.

The town of Bécancour was created October 17, 1965, from an amalgamation of eleven municipalities. Bécancour was one of the province of Quebec's first amalgamated cities. At the time, Bécancour was the largest city in Quebec in terms of land area (as of 2003, the title belongs to La Tuque, Quebec).