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.
Laval was named after the first owner of Île Jésus, François de Montmorency-Laval, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec. It was incorporated in 1965 when the Quebec government merged the 14 municipalities that comprised Laval County:
Ville de Laval (http://www.ville.laval.qc.ca)
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Capitale-Nationale | Centre-du-Québec | Chaudière-Appalaches | Côte-Nord | Estrie | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Lanaudière | Laurentides | Laval | Mauricie | Montérégie | Montréal | Nord-du-Québec | Outaouais | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
see also: Regional County Municipalities of Quebec
