Beauce-Centre () is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Chaudière River, between La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality and Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality.
Established in 1982 as the successor to Beauce County under the name Robert-Cliche, Beauce-Centre is made up of ten municipalities and is mainly French-speaking. The territory is a mix of urban and rural. Beauceville, the county seat, is the most populated municipality.
It was originally named after Quebecois politician, writer, lawyer, and judge Robert Cliche. He was born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, one of Beauce-Centre's municipalities. The regional county municipality's name was officially changed on .
Subdivisions There are 10 subdivisions within the RCM:
Cities & Towns (2) Beauceville Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Municipalities (4) Saint-Alfred Saint-Joseph-des-Érables Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne Saint-Victor
Parishes (3) Saint-Frédéric Saint-Jules Saint-Séverin
Villages (1) Tring-Jonction
Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
Autoroutes
Principal Highways
Secondary Highways
External Routes None
See also List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec Beauce, Quebec
References
External links Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality