| Levi's | |
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| Lévis in December 2010 | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Canada |
|---|---|
| Regions | Quebec Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Watercourse | Saint Laurent, Boiler |
| Area | 447,49 km² |
| Population | 143 414 hab. (2016) |
| Density | 320,49 inhab./km² |
| Nice | Lévisien |
| Postal code | G6, G7 |
| Telephone prefix | 1 418, 1 581 |
| Location | |
 46 ° 41 ′ 54 ″ N 71 ° 15 ′ 18 ″ W | |
| Official site | |
| Touristic site | |
Levi's is a city of Quebec to Canada.
Understand
Lévis is the largest city in the region of Chaudière-Appalaches to Quebec. It is located on the south shore of the St.Lawrence River in front of the Quebec city, the capital of Quebec.
The city is divided into three districts comprising different sectors:
- Gardens (Lévis (including Lauzon), Pintendre, Saint-Joseph-de-Lévis)
- The Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est (Breakeyville, Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Romuald)
- The Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest (Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur)
To go
Circulate
To see
Saint-François-Xavier Chapel
Alphonse-Desjardins House
- 1 Saint-François-Xavier processional chapel of Vieux-Lauzon Saint-Joseph Street –
Built in 1822. - 2 Sainte-Anne processional chapel in Vieux-Lauzon – Built in 1789.
- 3 Forts of Lévis – Set of three forts forming an integral part of the fortifications of Quebec built by the British army to defend the Quebec city from Lévis south of the St. Lawrence River. Fort No. 1 was built by the British Army while the other two were built by the Worthington brothers, all three in 1865. Fort No. 1 has been almost completely restored while Fort No. 2 is today the he location of the head office of Desjardins Group Insurance and you can see the remains of Fort No. 3 at the disused concrete factory. Fort No. 1 is managed by Parks Canada and is a National Historic Site of Canada.
- 4 Alphonse-Desjardins House 8 rue du Mont-Marie – Neo-Gothic style residence built between 1882 and 1884 for Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Desjardins caisses, who lived there until his death in 1920, and now serves as an interpretation center. It housed the first caisse populaire in Quebec. It is classified as a heritage building.
- 5 Historic site of the A.C. Davie shipyard 6210 Saint-Laurent Street –
- 6 Louis Fréchette's birthplace 4385 Saint-Laurent Street – Birthplace of the poet Louis Fréchette erected by his father between 1837 and 1841 combining the neoclassical style and the New England architecture of the XVIIe and XVIIIe centuries.
- 7 Chaudière Falls Park
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Do
- Anses route – Bicycle and pedestrian path along the St.Lawrence River on 13 km part of Route Verte 1. The course offers interesting views of Cap Diamant, Old Quebec, Château Frontenac and Île d'Orléans.
