Laval Regional County Municipality

Laval
Laval
	Regional county municipality
	Coordinates: 45°35′N73°45′W / 45.583°N 73.750°W Coordinates: 45°35′N73°45′W / 45.583°N 73.750°W [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laval
Effective	1979 [1]
Dissolved	2001
County seat	Laval
Government
• Type	Prefecture
Area [1] [2]
• Total	245 km2 (95 sq mi)
• Land	247.07 km2 (95.39 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2001) [2]
• Total	343,005
• Density	1,388.3/km2 (3,596/sq mi)
• Change (1996–2001)	3.8%
• Dwellings	135,661
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	450

Last updated April 17, 2019

Laval was a former regional county municipality whose territory coincided with the city of Laval, Quebec. It was established in 1979, whereas the city itself had been constituted in 1965.

The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.

Laval is a Canadian city in southwestern Quebec, north of Montreal. It forms its own administrative region of Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016.

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While it existed, it was the most populous regional county municipality in Quebec.

It ceased to exist by January 1, 2002, in the midst of the early 2000s municipal reorganization in Quebec. Although the city of Laval itself was unaffected, legislation^[3] gave newly constituted cities arising from that municipal reorganization the powers of a regional county municipality for the purpose of certain laws, and Laval got similar powers. Today, Laval is not part of any regional county municipality; for statistical and census purposes, it is considered a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality.

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[toponymie-1] 1 2 3 Reference number 141086 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)

[cp2001-2] 1 2 "2001 Census profile: Laval".

[3] Bill 170 (year 2000)

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