Saint-Romuald, Quebec

Saint-Romuald is a district within the Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est borough of Lévis, Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Quebec City. The district was formerly a town (Saint-Romuald d'Etchemin), but was amalgamated with Lévis on January 1, 2002.

Saint-Romuald
Former city
Church
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
MRC	Lévis
Established	1903
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	François Caron
Area
• Total	17.16 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Population  (2006)[1]
• Total	11,663
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)

The largest oil refinery in eastern Canada, owned by Valero Energy Corporation, is located in Saint-Romuald.

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

The Etchemin River 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 (c. 951–June 19, 1027), the founder of the Camaldolese order. The church is described as neo-classical in style and was built in 1855 by Joseph and Louis Larose.^[1]

In 1902, Cisterian nuns from Bonneval Abbey in Aveyron, France; founded a branch in Saint-Romuald, creating the Bon Conseil Abbey (French: Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil), where they made chocolate. In 2001, the abbey moved to Saint-Benoît-Labre.^[2]

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

Québec Bridge

Notable people

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