Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality

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Beauce-Centre Robert-Cliche (1982-2022)
Regional county municipality
Coordinates: 46°12′N 70°49′W / 46.200°N 70.817°W / 46.200; -70.817[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
Name change[2]	July 30, 2022
County seat	Beauceville
Government [3]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Jonathan V. Bolduc
Area [3][4]
• Total	844.80 km2 (326.18 sq mi)
• Land	839.60 km2 (324.17 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[4]
• Total	19,253
• Density	22.9/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	0.7%
• Dwellings	8,827
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.beaucerc.com

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 30 July 2022.^[2]