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Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Quebec

Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Municipality
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Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W / 46.067°N 70.950°W / 46.067; -70.950Coordinates: 46°04′N 70°57′W / 46.067°N 70.950°W / 46.067; -70.950
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM Beauce-Sartigan
Constituted 24 December 1997
Government
 • Mayor Luc Lemieux
 • Federal riding Beauce
 • Prov. riding Beauce-Sud
Area
 • Total 119.00 km2 (45.95 sq mi)
 • Land 119.53 km2 (46.15 sq mi)
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Population (2011)
 • Total 2,567
 • Density 21.5/km2 (56/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006–2011 Decrease 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.

It incorporates the same colours as the French flag as a sign of the community's French identity. The three green maple leaves on a white background represent its maple country location, while the number three is for the founding communities of Saint-Isidore, Sainte-Marie and Beauceville. The flag was adopted in 1955.

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