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Laval ([la.val] ⓘ) is a town in western France, about 300 km (190 mi) west-southwest of Paris, and the capital 👍 of the Mayenne department.

Its inhabitants are called Lavallois. The commune of Laval proper, without the metropolitan area, is the 7th 👍 most populous in the Pays de la Loire region and the 132nd in France.[3]

A part of the traditional province of 👍 Maine before the French Revolution, which now split between two departments, Mayenne and Sarthe, Laval also lies on the threshold 👍 of Brittany and is not far from Normandy and Anjou. It was thus an important stronghold in northwestern France during 👍 the Middle Ages. Laval became a city during the 11th century, and was the cradle of the House of Laval, 👍 one of the most powerful families in Maine and Brittany. The counts of Laval developed a textile industry around 1300 👍 and made Laval a significant centre for the French Renaissance a century later. The linen industry remained the principal activity 👍 in Laval until the 20th century, when milk processing became more profitable.

Laval developed around a promontory, on which the castle 👍 was built, and along the river Mayenne. The Laval metropolitan area is a small economic centre in western France, particularly 👍 active in the industrial sector, dairy production, electronics and chemicals. Laval is economically oriented towards Rennes, the administrative capital of 👍 the region of Brittany, and located only 80 kilometres (50 miles) west of Laval.

Laval proper covers 34.2 square kilometres (13.2 👍 sq mi) and has a population of 49,573 inhabitants, while c. 144,000 live in its metropolitan area (1,435 square kilometres 👍 (554 sq mi)).[4] The Laval Agglomération intercommunality is made up of 34 communes covering 686 square kilometres (265 sq mi) 👍 with 113,000 inhabitants.[4]