Laval, Quebec
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Laval is a city in southwestern
Quebec,
Canada, in the greater
Montreal area. It is located on
Île Jésus, across the
Rivi?e des Prairies from
Montreal. It also includes the Îles-Laval in the Rivi?e des Prairies. The city has a population of 330,393 (
Statistics Canada,
1996).
Laval was named after the first owner of Île Jésus, Fran?is de Montmorency-Laval, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec. It was incorperated 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-Doroth?
- Saint-Fran?is
- Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
- Vimont
- Îles-Laval
Laval constitutes one of the 17
regions of Quebec.