Courcelles–Saint-Évariste

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| map_caption = Location within Beauce-Sartigan RCM.

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| subdivision_name2 = Chaudière-Appalaches

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| subdivision_name3 = Beauce-Sartigan

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| established_title1 = Constituted

| established_date1 = January 1, 2024

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Francis Bélanger

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| leader_name1 = Mégantic—L'Érable (Courcelles), Beauce (Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth)

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| leader_name2 = Beauce-Sud

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| area_total_km2 = 203.5

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Saint%2D%C3%89variste&DGUIDlist=2021A00052430090,2021A00052429025&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |title=Canada 2021 Census Census Profiles: Courcelles-Saint-Évariste |publisher=Statistics Canada}}

| population_total = 1325

| population_as_of = 2021

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| timezone = EST

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| postal_code = G0M 1C0, G0M 1S0

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| area_codes = 418 and 581

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Courcelles–Saint-Évariste ({{IPA|fr|kuʁsɛl sɛ̃t‿evaʁist}}) is a municipality in Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in Quebec, Canada. It is approximately {{convert|105|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Quebec City.

Artist Carmen Coulombe was born in Courcelles-Saint-Évariste.{{cite book|author1=Jules Heller|author2=Nancy G. Heller|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63882-5}}

History

The Municipality of Courcelles–Saint-Évaristee was founded on January 1, 2024, by the merger of the municipalities of Courcelles and Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Les municipalités de Courcelles et de Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth regroupées dès le 1er janvier 2024 |url=https://www.quebec.ca/nouvelles/actualites/details/les-municipalites-de-courcelles-et-de-saint-evariste-de-forsyth-regroupees-des-le-1er-janvier-2024-52981 |access-date=2024-01-01}}

Geography

Coucelles–Saint-Évariste is the gateway to the Eastern Townships tourist region on Route 108 linking the Beauce to the Eastern Townships. But even more significantly, the municipality occupies the centre of the triangle formed by the three service towns of Thetford Mines to the north, Saint-Georges to the east and Lac-Mégantic to the south. Situated on a hill, the view from Courcelles-Saint-Évariste is impressive. You can see some of the surrounding mountains, such as Mont Adstock.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census, Statistics Canada reported that Courcelles–Saint-Évariste had a population of 1,325 living in 621 of its 741 total dwellings, an -3.1% change from its 2016 population of 1,368.