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Laval (region)

Laval
City and Administrative region
Ville de Laval
Laval seen from the Rivière des Prairies
Laval seen from the Rivière des Prairies
Flag of Laval
Flag
Coat of arms of Laval
Coat of arms
Motto: "Unité, progrès, grandeur"  (French)
"Unity, Progress, Greatness"
Laval is located in Southern Quebec
Laval
Laval
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°35′N 73°45′W / 45.583°N 73.750°W / 45.583; -73.750Coordinates: 45°35′N 73°45′W / 45.583°N 73.750°W / 45.583; -73.750
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Laval
RCM None
Constituted 6 August 1965
Government
 • Type Laval City Council
 • Mayor Marc Demers
 • Federal riding Alfred-Pellan / Vimy / Laval—
Les Îles
/ Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
 • Prov. riding Chomedey / Fabre / Laval-des-
Rapides
/ Mille-Îles / Sainte-Rose / Vimont
Area
 • Land 247.23 km2 (95.46 sq mi)
Elevation 91 m (299 ft)
Population (2016)
 • Total 422,993
 • Density 1,710.9/km2 (4,431/sq mi)
 • Pop 20011–2016 Increase 5.3%
Demonym(s) Lavallois, Lavalloise
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) H7A to H7Y
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Website www.laval.ca

Laval (/ləˈvæl/; French pronunciation: [laval]) is a Canadian city in southwestern Quebec, north of Montreal. It forms its own administrative region of Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016.

Laval is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval.

Laval constitutes region 13 of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval.

The first European Settlers were Jesuits in 1636 when they were granted a seigneury there. Agriculture first appeared in Laval in 1670. In 1675, François de Montmorency-Laval gained control of the seigneury. In 1702 a parish municipality was founded, and dedicated to Saint-François de Sales (not to be confused with the modern-day Saint-François-de-Sales in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean).


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