Lévis
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Lévis (French pronunciation: [levi] ⓘ) 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.
Lévis | |
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Ville de Lévis | |
Motto: Toujours à l'Avant-Garde | |
Coordinates: 46°45′29″N 71°14′25″W[1][3] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | None |
Constituted | January 1, 2002 |
Boroughs | |
Government | |
• Type | Lévis City Council |
• Mayor | Gilles Lehouillier |
• MPs | Dominique Vien (C) Jacques Gourde (C) |
• MNAs | François Paradis (CAQ) Marc Picard (CAQ) Stéphanie Lachance (CAQ) |
Area | |
• Total | 497.00 km2 (191.89 sq mi) |
• Land | 448.07 km2 (173.00 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[5] | |
• Total | 149,683 (Ranked 33rd) |
• Density | 334.1/km2 (865/sq mi) |
• Change 2016-2021 | 4.4% |
• Dwellings | 68,205 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Website | www |
The population in 2021 was 149,683.[5] 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.
Lévis is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Lévis. Its geographical code is 25 as a census division, and 251 as an RCM-equivalent territory.