title: Quebec City metropolitan community
text: The Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (CMQ), or Quebec Metropolitan Community, is an administrative division of the province of Quebec, comprising the metropolitan area of Quebec City and Lévis. The CMQ is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec.
  
  Predecessor
  
  Effective January 1, 1970, the Québec Urban Community () ("CUQ") was established, which governed the area surrounding Quebec City on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Together with the CUQ, the Québec Urban Community Transit Commission () ("CTCUQ") and the Greater Québec Water Purification Board () ("BAEQM") were also established. Each of the three covered different groups of municipalities:
  
  Formation
  
  The CUQ was replaced by the CMQ on January 1, 2002. The CMQ exercised jurisdiction over a wider geographical area.
  
  Quebec was amalgamated with the  cities of Beauport, Cap-Rouge, Charlesbourg, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Lac-Saint-Charles, Loretteville, Saint-Émile, Sainte-Foy, Sillery, Val-Bélair, Vanier and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. In the 2006 demerger, L'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures regained separate status.
  
  Lévis was amalgamated with Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur, Saint-Romuald, Pintendre, Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy.
  
  Gallery
  
  References
  
  External links
    Communauté métropolitaine de Québec website
   Quebec City Guide - Télégraphe de Québec
  
  Quebec City Area
  Metropolitan areas of Quebec