La Nouvelle-Beauce (New Beauce) is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, south of the Saint Lawrence River. It is located south of Lévis, along the Chaudière River.

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La Nouvelle-Beauce
Regional county municipality
Nouvelle-Beauce landscape in Sainte-Marie and Saint-Elzéar.
Coordinates: 46°27′N 71°02′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Sainte-Marie
Government [2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Richard Lehoux
Area [2][3]
• Total	911.80 km2 (352.05 sq mi)
• Land	905.58 km2 (349.65 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	36,785
• Density	40.6/km2 (105/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	4.8%
• Dwellings	15,501
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Website	www.nouvellebeauce.com
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Established in 1982 as a successor to Dorchester County, La Nouvelle-Beauce is made of 11 municipalities and is mainly French-speaking (99.2% French-speaking in 2006) and rural. Sainte-Marie, the county seat, is the most populous municipality.

The name of La Nouvelle-Beauce reminds the one given to the area along the Chaudière River by the French authorities until the end of the French Regime in North America.

There are 11 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
• Beauce, Quebec