Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
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 trend| 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 |