Laval, Mayenne

Laval is a town in western France, about 300 km west-southwest of Paris, and the capital of the Mayenne department. Laval was before the French Revolution part of the province of Maine, now split between two departments, Mayenne and Sarthe. 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.A part of the traditional province of Maine, Laval also lies on the threshold of Brittany and is not far from…