Lévis

Also known as Levis, Quebec, Levis, QC, Levis

Lévis () is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Lévis
Settlement.official_name: Ville de Lévis
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Lévis Montage 2019.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: From top, left to right: View of Lévis, Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire Church, Lévis Forts National Historic Site, Ultramar's Jean-Gaulin Refinery, Chaudière Falls, home of Alphonse Desjardins
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Levis.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Levis-qc-coa.png
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Logo of Lévis, Quebec.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Logo
Settlement.motto: ''Toujours à l'Avant-Garde''
Settlement.image_map: Lévis Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location with surrounding municipalities.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Southern Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in southern Quebec.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

History
Legacy
Geography
Boroughs
Former municipalities (10)
Demographics
Ethnicity
Language
Economy
Education
Notable people
See also
Notes
References
External links

The population in 2021 was 149,683. Its current incarnation was founded on January 1, 2002, as the result of a merger among ten cities, including the older city of Lévis founded in 1861.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lévis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.