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Laval, Quebec

Laval is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the greater Montreal area. It is located on Ile Jesus, across the Rivière des Prairies from Montreal. It also includes the Îles-Laval in the Rivière des Prairies. The city has a population of 330,393 (Statistics Canada, 1996). Laval also constitutes one of the 17 regions of Quebec.

Laval was named after the first owner of Île Jésus, François de Montmorency-Laval, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec. It was incorporated in 1965 when the Quebec government merged the 14 municipalities that comprised Laval County:

• Chomedey
• Duvernay
• Laval-des-Rapides
• Laval-Ouest
• Pont-Viau
• Sainte-Rose
• Auteuil
• Fabreville
• Laval-sur-le-Lac
• Sainte-Dorothée
• Saint-François
• Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
• Vimont
• Îles-Laval

See also

• List of Quebec regions

	North: Bois-des-Filion, Terrebonne
West: Rosemere, Broisbriand, Saint-Eustache	Laval	East: Montreal
	South: Montreal

Quebec near Montreal: see Laval, Quebec

1. An arciphelago within the limits of the above city: see Îles-Laval
2. A city in Mayenne, France: see Laval, Mayenne
3. A city in Isère, France: see Laval, Isère
4. A university in Quebec City: see Laval University
5. The first bishop of Quebec City: see François de Laval
6. The Prime Minister of France at various times before World War Two, and of the Vichy France government: see Pierre Laval

Laval is also part of the name of several communes of France:

• Laval-Atger, in the Lozère département
• Laval-d'Aix, in the Drôme département
• Laval-d'Aurelle, in the Ardèche département
• Laval-de-Cère, in the Lot département
• Laval-du-Tarn, in the Lozère département
• Laval-en-Brie, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Laval-en-Laonnois, in the Aisne département
• Laval-le-Prieuré, in the Doubs département
• Laval-Morency, in the Ardennes département
• Laval-Pradel, in the Gard département
• Laval-Roquecezière, in the Aveyron département
• Laval-Saint-Roman, in the Gard département
• Laval-sur-Doulon, in the Haute-Loire département
• Laval-sur-Luzège, in the Corrèze département
• Laval-sur-Tourbe, in the Marne département
• Laval-sur-Vologne, in the Vosges département

Regions of Quebec || |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="4" | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Capitale-Nationale | Centre-du-Québec | Chaudière-Appalaches | Côte-Nord | Estrie | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Lanaudière | Laurentides | Laval | Mauricie | Montérégie | Montréal | Nord-du-Québec | Outaouais | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="4" | see also: Regional County Municipalities of Quebec |}