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Bibliothèque De Laval
The Bibliothèques de Laval, is the public library system of Laval, Quebec, Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the largest French language public library systems in the province and in North America. There are nine different branches listed below. The bibliothèque Multiculturelle is the only one that has English and foreign language books; the other 9 are mostly French (with the exception of magazines, CDs, DVDs and videos). In 1995, Laval public library lent more than 2 million documents, to almost 92,000 readers in 25,731 opened hours. Services *Information and reference services *Access to full text databases *Community information *Internet access *Reader's advisory services *Programs for children, youth and adults *Delivery to homebound individuals *Interlibrary loan *Free downloadable ebooks Branches *Émile-Nelligan Laval-des-Rapides *Gabrielle-Roy Fabreville, Quebec, Fabreville *Germaine-Guèvremont Duvernay, Quebec, Duvernay *Laure-Conan Vimont, Quebec, Vimont *Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laval, Quebec
Laval (; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016. Laval is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval. Laval forms its own administrative region in Quebec which constitutes the 13th region 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. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval. History The first European Settlers in Laval were Jesuits, who were granted a seigneury there in 1636. Agriculture first appeared in Laval in 1670. In 1675, Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. Because it is on the North American Plate, North American Tectonic Plate, Greenland is included as a part of North America geographically. North America covers an area of about , about 16.5% of Earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third-largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the list of continents and continental subregions by population, fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 579 million people in List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America, 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population. In Americas (terminology)#Human ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branches
A branch, sometimes called a ramus in botany, is a woody structural member connected to the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs. The term ''twig'' usually refers to a terminus, while ''bough'' refers only to branches coming directly from the trunk. Due to a broad range of species of trees, branches and twigs can be found in many different shapes and sizes. While branches can be nearly horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, the majority of trees have upwardly diagonal branches. A number of mathematical properties are associated with tree branchings; they are natural examples of fractal patterns in nature, and, as observed by Leonardo da Vinci, their cross-sectional areas closely follow the da Vinci branching rule. Terminology Because of the enormous quantity of branches in the world, there are numerous names in English alone for them. In general however, unspecific words for a branch (such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laval-des-Rapides
Laval-des-Rapides 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. 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 * École primaire Léon-Guilbault * École primaire Marcel-Vaillancourt * École primaire Sainte-Marguerite " . Retrieved on September 24, 2017. |
Fabreville, Quebec
Fabreville is a district in Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. Geography Fabreville is delimited north-west by the Rivière des Mille-Îles, north-east by Sainte-Rose, south-east by Chomedey, south by Sainte-Dorothée and west by Laval-Ouest. The postal code for Fabreville is H7P and H7R. Education Commission scolaire de Laval operates French-language public schools. * École secondaire Poly-Jeunesse (junior high school) * École primaire Coeur-Soleil * École primaire Des Cèdres * École primaire L’Orée-des-Bois * École primaire La Source * École primaire Le Petit-Prince * École primaire Marc-Aurèle-Fortin * École primaire Pépin Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Elementary schools serving sections of Fabreville: * Our Lady of Peace Elementary School * Twin Oaks Elementary School All sections of Laval are zoned to Laval Junior Academy and Laval Senior Academy Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duvernay, Quebec
Duvernay is a district in the eastern part of Laval and was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. Geography It is located south-west of Saint-Francois, south-east of Auteuil, east of Vimont and Pont-Viau and around Sant-Vincent-de-Paul. The Rivière des Prairies passes to the south. Demographics Education Commission scolaire de Laval operates French-language public schools. * École secondaire Leblanc * École primaire Des Ormeaux * École primaire J.-Jean-Joubert * École primaire Notre-Dame-du-Sourire * École primaire Val-des-Arbres ** , it has about 430 students Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB) operates English-language public schools. Elementary schools serving sections of Duvernay: * Genesis Elementary School * Jules Verne Elementary School * St. Paul Elementary School ** it has about 430 students. All sections of Laval are zoned to Laval Junior Academy and Laval Senior Academy SWLSB previously had its headquarters in Duvernay. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vimont, Quebec
Vimont is a district in the centre of Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. Until 1960 the name was Saint-Elzéar. Geography Vimont is delimited north-west by Sainte-Rose, north-east by Auteuil, east by Duvernay, south-west by Chomedey and south-east by Pont-Viau. Features The Cité de la Santé de Laval, Laval's main hospital is located in Vimont, as is the Vimont Commuter Train station. Vimont has one hockey arena in the area, the Lucerne arena. Vimont is part of the Monteuil sports association along with Auteuil. Education Commission scolaire de Laval operates Francophone public schools. * École primaire Les Explorateurs * École primaire Le Sentier * École primaire Paul-Comtois * École primaire Père-Vimont Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools. Elementary schools serving Vimont include: * St. Paul Elementary School in Duvernay ** it has about 430 students. * Terry Fox Elementary School in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chomedey, Quebec
Chomedey is a district in the southwest of the city of Laval and was a separate municipality until the municipal mergers in 1965. History On April 1, 1961, the towns of and and the city of Saint-Martin were merged, giving birth to the city of Chomedey. Chomedey's city hall became the city hall for all of Laval. The merger project was first launched by the administration of the city of L'Abord à Plouffe. On August 10, 1960, it passed a resolution expressing its desire to merge the three municipalities and the city of Laval-des-Rapides, under the name "Cité de Laval". Renaud (Laval) Eight days later, Laval-des-Rapides, withdrew from the merger project. Hesitation was also felt the city of Renaud, where a referendum was held on the issue. On January 16, 1961 The referendum was won by the "fusionist", and the birth of the new city was celebrated by civic festivities, held from October 8 to 15, 1961. From then and onward, Chomedey stood out as a modern city, whose residenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laval-Ouest, Quebec
Laval-Ouest is a district in Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. Geography Laval-Ouest is delimited north and north-west by the Rivière des Mille-Îles, south-west by Laval-sur-le-Lac, east by Fabreville and south by Sainte-Dorothée. Also known as Plage Laval. Demographics As of 2011 the population of Laval-Ouest was 11369 residents. Of which at least 5875 residents reported being bilingual in both French and English. 4896 residents were unilingual Francophones, and 386 unilingual Anglophones. History The municipality of "village de Plage Laval" became the village de Laval-Ouest in 1950. In 1962 it was annexed as part of Sainte-Dorothée, in 1964 it reverted to the City of Laval-Ouest, and in the following year was amalgamated into the ville de Laval. On April 23, 1926, Warren & Arthur Smadbeck Ltd. acquired land that had previously been used as farmland. The latter were located on the territory of the municipality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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