Laval-des-Rapides

Laval-des-Rapides
Ville de Laval
Looking north along Avenue Quintal
Motto(s): 
"Unité, progrès, grandeur"  (French)
"Unity, Progress, Greatness"
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionLaval
MunicipalityLaval

Laval-des-Rapides (French pronunciation: [laval de ʁapid]) is a district in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965.

Geography

The neighbourhood is delimited on the north, north-west and west by Chomedey, on the east and north-east by Pont-Viau and on the south by the Rivière des Prairies.[1]

Education

Commission scolaire de Laval operates French-language public schools.

  • Écoles secondaire de la Mosaïque
  • Écoles secondaire Mont-de-La Salle
  • École primaire De l’Arc-en-ciel[2]
  • École primaire Léon-Guilbault[3]
  • École primaire Marcel-Vaillancourt[4]
  • École primaire Sainte-Marguerite[5]

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. All sections of Laval are zoned to Laval Junior Academy and Laval Senior Academy.

References

  1. ^ Interactive map of Laval from the official website Archived 2005-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Shows both the borders and names of the 14 former municipalities (purple) and the borders only of the current 6 sectors (maroon), tick off both boxes beside "Limite administrative".
  2. ^ "De l’Arc-en-ciel." Commission scolaire de Laval. Retrieved on September 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Léon-Guilbault." Commission scolaire de Laval. Retrieved on September 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Marcel-Vaillancourt." Commission scolaire de Laval. Retrieved on September 24, 2017.
  5. ^ "Sainte-Marguerite." Commission scolaire de Laval. Retrieved on September 24, 2017.

45°33′N 73°42′W / 45.550°N 73.700°W / 45.550; -73.700 (Laval-des-Rapides)