Lewiston, Maine
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Lewiston Maine |
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| City of Maine | |
| Androscoggin County | |
Lewiston skyline
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| Nickname(s): "The Lew", "Lew Town", "Louis" | |
 Lewiston
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| Coordinates: 44°5′51″N 70°11′33″W / 44.09750°N 70.19250°WCoordinates: 44°5′51″N 70°11′33″W / 44.09750°N 70.19250°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |
 Maine
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| County | Androscoggin County |
| Incorporated | 1795 (town), 1863 (city) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Mayor | Robert E. MacDonald |
| Area | |
| • Total | 92.05 sq mi (238.4 km2) |
| • Land | 22.83 sq mi (59.1 km2) |
| • Water | 35.54 sq mi (92.0 km2) 12% |
| Elevation | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 36,592 |
| • Density | 1,071.5/sq mi (413.7/km2) |
| • Demonym | Lewistonion |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| ZIP code format | 04240, 04241, 04243 |
| Area code | 207 |
| Website | Town of Lewiston, Maine |
Lewiston is the most central city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 36,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area, which as of 2006 census estimates has a combined population of 107,702. It is also part of the extended Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, Maine, combined statistical area, which has a combined population 621,219 as of 2006 estimates. The city has historical French-Canadian connections; as much development of the city occurred during the migration of French-Canadians from Montreal, Canada.
A former mill town, it is located in south-central Maine, at the falls of the Androscoggin River, across from Auburn. Lewiston and Auburn are often considered a single entity and referred to as Lewiston–Auburn, colloquially abbreviated as L-A or L/A. They have a combined population of 59,647 people. Together, Lewiston-Auburn is somewhat smaller than Maine's largest city, Portland (excluding its own suburbs). Lewiston is most notably home to Bates College, which was founded by local preacher and politician Oren Burbank Cheney, and financed by Lewiston developer Benjamin Bates, the wealthiest person in the state for his lifetime in the city. The city also hold the college's Museum of Art.
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