Lévis
Lévis | |
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| Ville de Lévis | |
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 | |
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Coat of arms Logo | |
| Motto: Toujours à l'Avant-Garde | |
Location with surrounding municipalities. | |
Lévis Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°45′29″N 71°14′25″W / 46.75806°N 71.24028°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | None |
| Constituted | January 1, 2002 |
| Boroughs | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Lévis City Council |
| • Mayor | Steven Blaney |
| • 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) | |
• Total | 149,683 (33rd) |
| • Rank | 7th in Quebec |
| • 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 codes | 418 and 581 |
| Website | www |
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.
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.
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.