Lévis

Lévis
/lee"vis/; Fr. /lay vee"/, n.
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence. 17,895.

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formerly  Lévis-Lauzon 

      city, Chaudière-Appalaches region, southern Quebec province, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite the city of Quebec, with which it is linked by ferry. The settlement, founded in 1647, was formerly called Aubigny in honour of the Duke of Richmond (who had inherited the title of Duke d'Aubigny). From the heights above the town, the British general James Wolfe bombarded and destroyed part of Quebec city in 1759. In 1861 the community's name was changed to honour François Gaston, Duke de Lévis, who commanded the French forces in Canada after the death of the Marquis de Montcalm during Wolfe's siege.

      Now an industrial centre, Lévis has dry docks equipped to accommodate the largest ships. Major manufactures are foundry and machine-shop products, lumber, tobacco, and furniture. The city's Lowtown, between high cliffs and the river, is occupied chiefly by railroad yards and wharves; its Hightown, atop a steep incline, is largely residential. The city is the seat of Lévis College (1879). Lauzon, a major industrial and shipbuilding centre just to the northeast of Lévis, was a separate community until 1989, when it was merged into Lévis. In 2002, additional neighbouring communities were amalgamated into the city. Inc. city, 1916; reincorporated 2002. Pop. (2006) 130,006.

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