| Ville de Lévis City of Lévis |
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| Country | Canada  |
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| Province | Québec  |
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| Established | January 1, 2002 | ||
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| - Mayor | Danielle Roy-Marinelli | ||
| - Governing body | Lévis City Council | ||
| - MPs | Steven Blaney, Jacques Gourde | ||
| - MNAs | Christian Lévesque, Marc Picard | ||
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| - Land | 449. Chaudière-Appalaches is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. This is a list of mayors of the City of Lévis in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Lévis City Council is the Governing body of the city of Lévis Quebec. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Steven Blaney (born April 8, 1965 in Sherbrooke Quebec) is a Canadian Conservative politician from Quebec. Jacques Gourde (born January 13, 1964 in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage Quebec) is a farmer and the Conservative Member of Parliament The National Assembly of Quebec (Assemblée nationale du Québec is the name for the legislative body of the province of Quebec, Canada. Christian Lévesque (born May 29, 1970) is a politician from Quebec, Canada, and the Action démocratique du Québec Member of the Marc Picard, (born on April 25, 1955 in Saint-Raphaël (Bellechasse Quebec) is a Politician in the province of Quebec Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 32 km² (173. 5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 130,006 | ||
| - Density | 289. The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/km² (749. 3/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Postal Code | G6 | ||
| Area code(s) | 418 | ||
| Website: www.ville.levis.qc.ca | |||
Lévis (officially Ville de Lévis (City of Lévis) ) is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. Saint Lawrence River (in French: fleuve Saint-Laurent; Kahnawáˀkye in Tuscarora, Kaniatarowanenneh meaning big waterway Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre Laporte Bridge, connect western Levis with Quebec City. The Quebec Bridge ( Pont de Québec in French in Canada crosses the lower Saint Lawrence River to the west of Quebec City, and The Pierre Laporte Bridge ( Pont Pierre-Laporte) is the longest main span Suspension bridge in Canada. The Société de transport de Lévis is responsible for public transportation by bus. The Société de transport de Lévis (STL (Lévis Transit Corporation is a public transportation agency created in 1980 operating mainly in Lévis on the south
The population in 2005 was estimated at 126,396. 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. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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. The term regional county municipality or RCM ( French: municipalité régionale de comté MRC) is used in the Canadian The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Its geographical code is 25 as a census division, and 251 as an RCM-equivalent territory.
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Geography
Lévis County existed until 1980s when it was divided into Desjardins regional county municipality (RCM), Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest Regional County Municipality, and Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est Regional County Municipalities, which are now equivalent to current districts within the current Lévis. Desjardins is a former Regional county municipality of Quebec in Canada. The term regional county municipality or RCM ( French: municipalité régionale de comté MRC) is used in the Canadian
On January 1, 2002, ten cities were merged by the Quebec provincial government to form the new city of Lévis: Charny, Lévis, Pintendre, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur, and Saint-Romuald. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Charny is a small town in central Quebec, Canada, south of Quebec City. Pintendre is a settlement in Quebec, Canada, within the City of Lévis; population 6209 ( Statistics Canada, 2001) Saint-Hélène-de-Breakeyville is a settlement in central Quebec, Canada on the St Saint-Jean-Chrysostome is a district within the City of Lévis in central Quebec, Canada south of Quebec City on the south bank of the Saint Saint-Nicolas is a settlement in central Quebec, Canada on the St Saint-Romuald is a district of Lévis, Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Quebec City Previously, the former cities of Lauzon and St-David-de-l'Auberivière were merged to Lévis in 1989. Lauzon is a former city in southern Quebec, Canada, located on the St The three RCMs which these cities were a part of ceased to exist. The new city, however, was divided into three districts:[1] Desjardins, Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest and Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est, which have the same boundaries as the former RCMs.
Lévis covers an area of 444 km² (171 sq mi): 10% urban, 48% farmlands, 36% forests and 6% wetlands. In addition to the Saint Lawrence River, the Etchemin and Chaudière Rivers also run through the city before ending their journey in the Saint Lawrence. The Etchemin River is a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec. The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler River" is a 185 km (115 miles long River rising in Lac-Mégantic, in southeast The Chaudiere River also boasts a fall with a suspended bridge, which can be accessed from Autoroute 73. Autoroute 73 (or A-73, also called Autoroute Robert-Cliche south of Quebec City and Autoroute Laurentienne to the north is an important
History
Native Americans are said to have favored the Pointe-Lévy (actually named Lévis) area long before French settlement due to its ideal location, at the junction of the St-Lawrence and the Chaudière rivers. First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people Many archeological sites reveal evidence of human occupation for about 10,000 years. Some historians theorize that Pointe-Lévy could have been one of the main centres of Native American population development in the Quebec province.
In 1636, approximately 28 years after the foundation of Quebec City, The seignory of Lauzon was founded on the eastern part of the actual territory. Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Seignory, or Seigniory ( Fr seigneur, lord Lat senior, elder in English law, the lordship (authority remaining to In the following years, other seignories were founded near the St-Lawrence river. Pointe-Lévy was mainly an agricultural domain in which several lords ("Seigneurs") controlled their part of land in a medieval feodal way. Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed
The land of the Lauzon seignory remained unoccupied until 1647, when Guillaume Couture became the first European settler installed in front of Quebec City. Guillaume Couture (or Cousture) ( January 14 1618 – April 4 1701) was a citizen of New France. Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Couture was at the time first Administrator, Chief Magistrate, Captain of the Militia, member of the Sovereigh Council and was widely considered a hero in New France. The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Couture was however not the first seignor of the Lauzon Seignory, as the land was owned by Jean de Lauzon (French Governor between 1651 and 1657). Jean de Lauzon or de Lauson (1583 &ndash 16 February 1666) was the French Governor of New France from 1651 to 1657 one of the most challenging
During the Seven Years' War in the summer of 1759, General James Wolfe established a camp in the territory of Pointe-Lévy and laid siege to Quebec city. The Seven Years' War (1756&ndash1763 involved all of the major European powers of the period causing 900000 to 1400000 deaths General James Wolfe ( 2 January, 1727 &ndash 13 September, 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms The siege succeeded and after firing cannons from the hills of Pointe-Lévy for three months and the battle on the plains in front of the walls, Quebec fell to the British. During this time, Pointe-Lévy served as the main camp to sustain the British army in the Quebec area. The constant cannon firing between Quebec city and Pointe-Lévy also served as a way to stop the French and British ships from going farther on the St. Lawrence river thus preventing reinforcement to other major cities like Montréal. In 1763, Marie-Josephte Corriveau was hanged in Quebec City for killing her husband, and, in accordance with English practice, her body was displayed in a cage for several weeks in St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy (old part of the former City of Lauzon). This was an unusual punishment used for the first time by the British Government in North America and reserved for persons found guilty of particularly heinous crimes. This punishment was practiced in England since the Middle Ages.
From 1854, the railroad appeared in Pointe-Lévy making the city a major transportation centre for commerce and immigration. Being on the south shore of the St. Lawrence river, Pointe-Levy could be connected through rail to Ontario, Maine (and from there the whole United States) and the Maritime Provinces.
Many years later, between 1865 and 1872 while the city was still under control of Britain, a series of three forts were built to protect Québec and the surroundings from the threat of American invasion. The forts were never really used for their intended purpose. One of this forts (Fort no. 1) still remain today and can be visited.
The City of Lévis was born in 1861. The founder of this new city was Mgr. Joseph-David Déziel (1806-1882). Many municipalities in the territory of present-day Lévis were merged between 1861 and 2002. Many towns were created and the Village of Pointe-Levy (or St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy) became the Village of Lauzon in 1867 and then the City of Lauzon in 1910.
In the late nineteenth and beginning of twentieth century, Alphonse Desjardins, pioneered the foundation of the credit union movement and founded the first Caisse populaire in Lévis. Alphonse Desjardins is the name of Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator (1854–1920 founder of Mouvement Desjardins credit unions Alphonse A credit union is a Cooperative Financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift providing credit A credit union is a Cooperative Financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift providing credit He also began a long process to create what later became the Desjardins Group by traveling everywhere in Québec helping people in other cities to start their own credit union. The Desjardins Group (or Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in French is the largest association of Credit unions in North America.
Economy
Although a relatively small city, Lévis is not a typical suburb. The presence of several large employers has allowed many citizens to both live and work in Lévis. It is home to the Ultramar refinery, one of the largest in eastern Canada, Frito-Lay and Davie Shipbuilding are located in Lauzon Area (former city). For the chips synonymous with the company see Fritos and Lay's. Davie Shipbuilding, currently MIL-Davie Shipbuilding, was a Shipbuilding Company in Lauzon Quebec. The Desjardins Group headquarters. The Desjardins Group (or Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in French is the largest association of Credit unions in North America. The founder of the latter, Alphonse Desjardins, lived in Lévis and ran with his wife, Dorimène Roy Desjardins, the first Caisse Populaire from their home. For the 19th-century former mayor of Montreal see Alphonse Desjardins (politician Gabriel-Alphonse Desjardins ( November 5 Marie-Clara Dorimène Roy Desjardins (1858-1932 and her husband Alphonse Desjardins were co-founders of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (today Desjardins Group The city is also a major agricultural business research and development center.
There are many schools of different levels, including the Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon and a UQAR campus (Université du Québec à Rimouski). Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon is a Cégep in Lévis, Quebec, Canada. The Université du Québec à Rimouski is a branch of the Université du Québec in Rimouski Quebec. A lot of small business and entertainment developed in the city during the last decade and finalized the transformation from a Quebec City suburb into a small city.
Demographics
The city of Levis population grew by an estimated 1. 3 per cent in 5 years. Levis is an old community in terms of population as the proportion of youths is lower than the national average and the proportion of those over 65 years of age is higher than the national average. Some 14. 5 per cent is under 14 years of age, while those over 65 number 15. 7 per cent. The city is one of the most homogeneous in Canada, around 99 per cent of the population are of European ancestry, while over 97% of residents have a French mother tongue. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people
People born in Lévis
- Jean Carignan - fiddler
- Christian Chénard - baseball player
- Vincent Bolduc - actor
- Céline Bonnier - actress
- Raymond Bouchard - actor
- Marcel Leboeuf - actor
- Julie Perreault - actress
See also
References
- ^ City of Levis. Jean Carignan ( December 7 1916 &ndash February 16 1988) was a Canadian Fiddler. Céline Bonnier (born August 31, 1965 in Lévis Quebec) is a French Canadian Actress from Quebec. The most recent episode of municipal reorganization in Quebec, Canada, was undertaken in 2002 by the Parti Québécois Government of Quebec, headed The Société de transport de Lévis (STL (Lévis Transit Corporation is a public transportation agency created in 1980 operating mainly in Lévis on the south History(French)
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