Laval, Quebec

Laval is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the greater Montreal area. It is located on Île Jésus, 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 was named after the first owner of Île Jésus, Bishop François de Montmorency-Laval[?]. It was incorperated in 1965 when the Quebec government merged the 14 municipalities that comprised the island:

• 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

Laval constitutes one of the 17 regions of Quebec.