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 was 2,567 as of the Canadian census of 2011. It was named after Ephrem the Syrian.
History 1855 : Constitution of the municipalité de canton de Tring 1866 : The municipalité de paroisse de Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring is created during the breakup of Tring. 1870 : Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring changes its status to municipality. 1897 : The municipalité de village de Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring detaches from the municipality. 1956 : The municipality of Saint-Ephrem de Tring changed its name to municipalité de paroisse de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce 1997 : Fusion between Saint-Éphrem-de-Tring and Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce to become the municipalité de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce.
Flag origin 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.
Geography Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce lies to the south-west of Saint-Georges, on the banks of the Rivière des Hamel, which flows from the south-west of the municipality towards the north-east, where it meets the Bras Saint-Victor, which crosses the municipality from south to north.
The municipality covers an area of approximately 120 square kilometres.
Demographics Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census Census Population Change (%) 2021 2,323 3.2% 2016 2,400 6.5% 2011 2,567 2.3% 2006 2,627 1.6% 2001 2,585 N/A
Economy
Some important industries are there so:
René Matériaux Composites Porte Baillargeon Industrie PHL Filature Lemieux Transport Couture
See also Woodstock en Beauce
References
Commission de toponymie du Québec