Map of Quebec highlighting Laval
Laval is a city , a regional county municipality and a region 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 .
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
External links
Ville de Laval (http://www.ville.laval.qc.ca )
See also North: West: Laval East: Montreal South: Montreal
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Laval is without a doubt one of the smallest tourist regions of Quebec. Laval is now mainly renowned for its scientific side with the Cosmodôme Space Science Centre, but also for its cultural, young and family side. It's not because the region of Laval is centered on families that it forgets parents and adults.
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