Laval (/ləˈvæl/ lə-VAL, French: [laval]) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal.
It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada, with a population of 443,192 in 2021.
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 one of the
17 administrative regions of Quebec, with a region code of 13, 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.
It is the smallest
administrative region in the province by area.
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2. Town in western France
Laval ([la.val]) is a town in western France, about 300 km west-southwest of Paris, and the capital of the Mayenne department. Its inhabitants are called Lavallois.
The commune of Laval proper, without the metropolitan area, is the 7th most populous in the Pays de la Loire region and the 132nd in France. (population 2017: 49,728).
A part of the traditional
province of Maine before the French Revolution, which now split between two
departments, Mayenne and Sarthe, Laval also lies on the threshold of Brittany
and is not far from Normandy and Anjou.
It was thus an important
stronghold in northwestern France during the Middle Ages.
Laval became a city during
the 11th century, and was the cradle of the House of Laval, one of the most
powerful families in Maine and Brittany.
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3. Former district in Quebec
Laval was a former provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada.
It was located in the Laval region north of Montreal, but for some of its history it also included parts of Montreal itself.
It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada).
The final election where Laval was a riding was in 1976. Electoral district boundaries were changed for the 1981 election and its successor electoral districts were Fabre and Chomedey.
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4. Federal district in Quebec
Laval was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917, 1949 to 1979, and from 2004 to 2015.
The district included the neighbourhoods of Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Fabreville in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings were Papineau, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Laval—Les Îles, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, and Alfred-Pellan.
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5. University in Quebec
Université Laval (English: Laval University) is a French-language public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
The university was founded by François de Montmorency-Laval as Séminaire de Québec in 1663, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Canada and the first North American institution to offer higher education in French.
The university, which was founded in Old Québec, moved to a new campus in the 1950s in the suburban borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge.
It is ranked among the top 10 Canadian universities in research funding and holds four Canada Excellence Research Chairs.
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3. Village in Belgium
A village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
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4. French surname:
Anne Gilbert de Laval (1762–1810), French general of the Napoleonic Wars
Billy Laval (1885–1957), American minor league baseball player, baseball manager, and college baseball, football, and basketball coach
Erik de Laval (1888–1973), Swedish modern pentathlete
François de Laval (1623–1708), the first bishop of Quebec City
Georg de Laval (1883–1970), Swedish modern pentathlete, brother of Erik and Patrik
Gustav de Laval (1845–1913), Swedish engineer
Jacques-Désiré Laval (1803–1864), French Roman Catholic priest and missionary
John Laval (1854–1937), French-born Catholic bishop in the United States
Patrik de Laval (1886–1974), Swedish modern pentathlete, brother of Erik and Georg
Pierre Laval (1883–1945), prime minister of France at various times
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5. House of Laval
The House of Laval is a family of barons, later counts, coming from the town of Laval, located in Northwestern France, part of the province of Maine before the French Revolution.
The Laval were one of the most powerful families of Maine during the Middle Ages and also had a presence in Brittany, where their prestige was similar to the one of the Rohan.
The House of Laval played a significant role in Breton history and during the Hundred Years War and the French Wars of Religion.
They also favored the French Renaissance in Northwestern France, building several châteaux. The last male heir died during the 17th century, and his possessions went to the House of La Trémoille.
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6. Character in Legends of Chima
Laval is a character in Legends of Chima.
Laval is the Prince of the Lion Tribe and the main protagonist of the series.
He attempts to do the right thing as the soon-to-be king, but his childish behavior and arrogance get the group into trouble
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