Chaudière-Appalaches
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Chaudière-Appalaches (Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA".)[1] is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (Template:Langx; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachian Mountains. Chaudière-Appalaches has over 50% of sugar maples in Quebec, thus producing the most maple syrup in Canada as well as the World.[2]
Chaudière-Appalaches has a population of 433,312 residents (as of the Canada 2021 Census) and a land area of Template:Convert.[3] The main cities are Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford Mines, Sainte-Marie and Montmagny.
Administrative divisions
Regional county municipalities
| Regional County Municipality (RCM) | Population Canada 2021 Census[4] |
Land Area | Density (pop. per km2) |
Seat of RCM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauce-Centre | 19,253 | Template:Convert | 22.9 | Beauceville |
| Beauce-Sartigan | 53,384 | Template:Convert | 27.3 | Saint-Georges |
| Bellechasse | 38,000 | Template:Convert | 21.7 | Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse |
| La Nouvelle-Beauce | 37,988 | Template:Convert | 42.0 | Sainte-Marie |
| Les Appalaches | 43,412 | Template:Convert | 22.7 | Thetford Mines |
| Les Etchemins | 16,927 | Template:Convert | 9.4 | Lac-Etchemin |
| L'Islet | 17,598 | Template:Convert | 8.4 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli |
| Lotbinière | 34,586 | Template:Convert | 20.8 | Sainte-Croix |
| Montmagny | 22,481 | Template:Convert | 13.3 | Montmagny |
Equivalent territory
| Territory Equivalent to a RCM (TE) | Population Canada 2021 Census[4] |
Land Area | Density (pop. per km2) |
Seat of RCM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lévis | 149,683 | Template:Convert | 334.1 | Lévis |
Major communities
Landmarks
See: List of historic places in Chaudière-Appalaches
References
External links
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