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Laval

City, 459,650 residents (2026)45° 33′ N, 73° 45′ WName of French origin

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Photo: Laval_City_Hall.JPG: Jean-Philippe Boulet derivative work: MTLskyline (talk), CC BY 3.0

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    History and growth

    The name refers to François de Laval.

    1. 1965Founded (date according to Wikidata)
    2. August 6, 1965Incorporation as ville
    3. December 24, 19768 former names registered on the same day with the Commission de toponymie: Auteuil, Fabreville, Îles-Laval, Sainte-Dorothée, Saint-François, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Vimont, Laval-sur-le-Lac. These are mostly the names of the former municipalities, parishes and villages merged into Laval, not successive name changes.
    278,200 residents in 1,986, 459,650 in 2,026. Estimates from the ISQ and census data, via the MAMH.

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