Laval

commune in Mayenne, France
Place commune_of_france Q184154
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Summary

Laval is a commune of France[1]. Laval ranks in the top 0.43% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,327 views/month, #134 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mayenne[3], arrondissement of Laval[4]
  • Country: France[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Mayenne[6]
  • Head of government: Florian Bercault[7]
  • Shares border with: Bonchamp-lès-Laval[8], Changé[9], Entrammes[10], L'Huisserie[11], Montigné-le-Brillant[12], Saint-Berthevin[13]
  • Twinned administrative body: Suceava[14], Laval[15], Boston[16], Modesto[17], Chalkidiki Prefecture[18], Gandia[19], Mettmann[20], Vătava[21], Garango[22], Lovech[23], Chalkidiki Regional Unit[24]
  • Postal code: 53000[25]
  • Commons category: Laval (Mayenne)[26]
  • Licence plate code: 53[27]
  • Archives at: archives municipales de Laval[28]
  • Coordinate location: 48.072777777778, -0.77[29]
  • Significant event: Siege of Laval[30]
  • Official website: http://www.laval.fr[31], https://www.laval.fr/accueil[32]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Laval (Mayenne)[33]
  • Commons gallery: Laval (Mayenne)[34]
  • Email address: mailto:mairie@laval.fr[35]
  • Population: 50,479[36], 49,848[37], 52,359[38], 49,728[39], 49,573[40], 45,674[41], 51,544[42], 50,360[43], 50,473[44], 50,947[45], 51,233[46], 50,843[47], 49,733[48], 49,617[49]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Laval, Mayenne[50]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Laval[51]
  • Phone number: +33-2-43-49-43-00[52]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[53], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[54], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[55]
  • Capital of: Mayenne[56], arrondissement of Laval[57]

Why It Matters

Laval has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Laval is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · JYB Devot · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body → Suceava, Laval, Boston +8
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Twinned administrative body: Garango Department"
  2. 10w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body → Suceava, Laval, Boston +8
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Elevation above sea level, Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×2). See [[Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/William_Avery_Bot_"
  3. 23w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30066|batch #30066]]"
  4. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.laval.fr, https://www.laval.fr/accueil
    Country → —
    Archives at → archives municipales de Laval
    Located in or next to body of water → Mayenne
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:لاوال، میین]]"
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