Sainte-Marie
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Constitution	1978
Government
- Mayor	Harold Guay
- Governing body
- MPs	Maxime Bernier
- MNAs	Janvier Grondin
Area
- Land	106.65 km2 (41.2 sq mi)
Population (2009)
- Total	11,857
- Density	111.2/km2 (288/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDST (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	418
Geographical code
People	Mariverains, Mariveraines
Website	Ville de Sainte-Marie (French)

Sainte-Marie is a city in the province of Quebec. It is the seat of the Municipalité régionale de la Nouvelle-Beauce, in Chaudière-Appalaches. The population was 11,857 as of 2009, 99.0% French-speaking as of 2006. It is located 40 km south of Quebec City, on the Chaudière River.

History

The seigneurie of Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce was granted to Thomas-Jacques Taschereau in 1736. The name was chosen in honour of his wife, Marie-Claire de Fleury de La Gorgendière. The religious parish was founded in 1737 and the municipality in 1845.

The territory of Sainte-Marie was split on several occasions for the foundation of neighbouring communities: Saint-Bernard, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Maxime-de-Scott (now Scott), Sainte-Marguerite, Sainte-Hénédine, Saint-Sylvestre, Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Séverin, Saints-Anges, and Vallée-Jonction.

In 1913, the territory was split again, following the detachment of the village (urban part of the territory) from the parish municipality (rural part). In 1958, the village was constituted as a city and in 1959, Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce became simply Sainte-Marie. In 1978, the city and the parish municipality amalgamated.

People linked to Sainte-Marie

Manoir Taschereau

• Marius Barbeau, ethnographer
• Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay, Canadian politician
• Henri-Jules Juchereau Duchesnay, Canadian politician
• Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau, Quebec politician
• Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, clergyman
• Henri Elzéar Taschereau, lawyer
• Jean-Thomas Taschereau, lawyer
• Joseph-André Taschereau, judge
• Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian politician
• Thomas Linière Taschereau, Canadian politician

Partner cities

• Pont-du-Château, Auvergne, France

	Scott	Sainte-Hénédine	Sainte-Marguerite
	Saint-Bernard		Saints-Anges
		Sainte-Marie
	Saint-Elzéar	Saint-Séverin	Vallée-Jonction

• Commission de toponymie du Québec
• Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

Administrative divisions of Chaudière-Appalaches  (Region 12) Regional county municipalities and equivalent territories L'Islet · Montmagny · Bellechasse · Lévis · La Nouvelle-Beauce · Robert-Cliche · Les Etchemins · Beauce-Sartigan · Les Appalaches · Lotbinière Municipalities Saint-Pamphile · Montmagny · Lévis · Sainte-Marie · Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon · Beauceville · Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce · Saint-Georges · Disraeli (V) · Thetford Mines Administrative divisions of Quebec

Coordinates: 46°27′00″N 71°02′00″W / 46.450005°N 71.033338°W / 46.450005; -71.033338