Laval (IPA: læˈvæl) is a city and a region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. With a population of 368,709 in 2006, it is the second largest city in Greater Montreal, and the third largest in the province of Quebec. Laval is located in between the Rivière des Mille Îles opposite the north shore and the Rivière des Prairies, opposite Montreal. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Laval Islands.

Laval constitutes region 13 of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65.

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