Laval, Quebec
Laval | |
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| Ville de Laval | |
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 City of Laval | |
  Laval | |
| Coordinates (1, place du Souvenir[1]): 45°35′N 73°45′W / 45.583°N 73.750°W[2] | |
| Kintra |  Canadae |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Laval |
| RCM | Nane |
| Constitutit | 6 August 1965 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Laval City Council |
| • Mayor | Alexandre Duplessis |
| • Federal riding | Alfred-Pellan an Laval and Laval—Les Îles and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin |
| • Prov. riding | Chomedey an Fabre an Laval-des-Rapides an Mille-Îles an Sainte-Rose an Vimont |
| Area | |
| • Total | 267.20 km2 (103.17 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 247.09 km2 (95.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 91 m (299 ft) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 401,553 |
| • Density | 1625.1/km2 (4,209/sq mi) |
| • Chynge (2006–11) |  8.9% |
| • Dwellins | 159509 |
| Demonym(s) | Lavallois(es)[4] |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 an 579 |
| Website | www |
Laval (French pronunciation: [laval]) is a Canadian ceety locatit in soothwastren Quebec, north o Montreal. It is the lairgest suburb o Montreal, the third lairgest municipality in the province o Quebec, an the thirteent lairgest ceety in Canadae wi a population o 401,553 in 2011.[3]
Laval is geographically separatit frae the mainland tae the north bi the Rivière des Mille Îles, an frae the Island o Montreal tae the sooth bi the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupees aw o Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval.
Laval constitutes region 13 o the 17 admeenistrative regions o Quebec as well as a territory equivalent tae a regional coonty municipality (TE) an census diveesion (CD) wi geographical code 65. It constitutes the judicial destrict o Laval an aw.[5]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b c Geographic code 65005 in the offeecial Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
- ↑ Reference number 34753 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
- ↑ a b c "(Code 2465005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lavallois&oldid=17184804
- ↑ Territorial Division Act. Revised Statutes of Quebec D-11.
Freemit airtins
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Laval, Québec. |
- City of Laval wabsteid
- Interactive map of Laval from the official website Archived 2005-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Shows baith the borders an names o the 14 umwhile municipalities (purple) an the borders anerlie o the current 6 sectors (maroon), tick aff baith boxes beside "Limite administrative".
Places aroond Laval, Quebec | |
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