Vimont is a district in the centre of

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

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 thirtee ...

. 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 Auteuil may refer to: Places * Auteuil, Oise, a commune in France * Auteuil, Paris, a neighborhood of Paris ** Auteuil, Seine, the former commune which was on the outskirts of Paris * Auteuil, Quebec, a former city that is now a district within ...

, east by Duvernay, south-west by Chomedey and south-east by

Pont-Viau Pont-Viau, Quebec is a district in the southern part of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was a town before August 6, 1965. It was named after Viau Bridge, which links it to Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montreal, Quebec. Geography It is deliminated by th ...

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 Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...

arena. Vimont is part of the Monteuil sports association along with

Education

Commission scolaire de Laval The Centre de services scolaire de Laval (CSSDL) is a French-language school service centre in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is headquartered in Laval. As of 2011, the board of the predecessor, ''Commission scolaire de Laval'', managed fifty- ...

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 The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language sc ...

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

** The school's previous campus was in Vimont. On September 20, 1993 the current campus in Auteuil opened. By 2013 the campus was at 113% capacity. All portions of Laval are zoned to Laval Junior Academy and

Laval Senior Academy Laval Senior Academy (LSA) is an English-language senior high school in located in Laval, Québec. It is operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. It was created on July 1, 2015, by the merger of Laval Liberty High School and Laurier Senior ...

References

External links

City of Laval, official website
Neighbourhoods in Laval, Quebec Former municipalities in Quebec Populated places disestablished in 1965 {{Quebec-geo-stub