Saint-Romuald is a district within the Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est borough of

Lévis, Quebec Lévis () 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 and the Pierre-Laporte, connect western Lévis wit ...

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, located on the south shore of the

Saint Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

across from

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...

. The district was formerly a town (Saint-Romuald d'Etchemin), but was amalgamated with Lévis on January 1, 2002. The largest oil refinery in eastern Canada, owned by

Valero Energy Corporation Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products, and power. It is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Throughout the United States and Can ...

, is located in Saint-Romuald. The Quebec Bridge connects Saint-Romuald to Sainte-Foy, a district of Quebec City. The

Etchemin River The Etchemin River is a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec. It gave its name to Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality. The river itself was named for the Abenaki native people of the area who the French called "le ...

flows into the Saint Lawrence River at Saint-Romuald. The district is named after a Roman Catholic parish, which is named in honour of

Saint Romuald Romuald ( la, Romualdus; 951 – traditionally 19 June, c. 1025/27 AD) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism".John Howe, "The Awesome Hermit: The Symbolic S ...

(c. 951–June 19, 1027), the founder of the

Camaldolese The Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona ( la, Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae), commonly called Camaldolese is a monastic order of Pontifical Right for men founded by Saint Romuald. Their name is derived from the Holy Hermita ...

order. The church is described as neo-classical in style and was built in 1855 by Joseph and Louis Larose.Fondation du patrimoine religieux du Québec. Bulletin. Hiver 2001. Aide financière consentie à des projets urgents
According to the Canada 2006 Census: *Population: 11,633 *% Change (2001–06): +7.3 *Dwellings: 5,568 *Area (km²): 17.16 km² *Density (persons per km²): 677.9 Pont de Québec vu du Parc aquarium du Québec

Pont de Québec vu du Parc aquarium du Québec

Notable people

* Gérard Bolduc, founder of the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament * Ariane Moffatt, singer-songwriter

References

Neighbourhoods in Lévis, Quebec Former municipalities in Quebec Populated places disestablished in 2002 {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub