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[4] [5] The settlement would develop rapidly during the 17th century, forming what is now called the Lower Town (French: Basse-Ville) of Quebec City. A fire in 1682 ravaged the wood structures of the settlement, prompting the construction of new stone buildings that would establish the architectural style of the square. [ 6 ]
1663 – Arrival of Augustin de Saffray de Mézy, first governor named by the King, Monseigneur Laval, royal commissioner Louis Gaudais-Dupont and 150 colonists and craftmen on September 15. 1663 – Election of Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny , the first mayor of Quebec City on October 17.
The arrival of Francois de Laval as the vicar apostolic to Quebec in 1658 cemented the place of religion in Quebec City. [40] The city would become a formal parish in 1664, and a diocese by 1674. [42] The Catholic faith not only played a large role in the government and legislation, but also in the social lives of residents.
It ceased to exist by January 1, 2002, in the midst of the early 2000s municipal reorganization in Quebec. Although the city of Laval itself was unaffected, legislation [ 3 ] gave newly constituted cities arising from that municipal reorganization the powers of a regional county municipality for the purpose of certain laws, and Laval got ...
This article is a list of historic places in Laval, entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. All addresses are in the administrative Region 13.
The Seminary, painting, 1886 View of the Inner Court of Old Quebec Seminary. The historical site of the Séminaire de Québec in Old Quebec includes a vast number of buildings, some of which date back to the 17th century and are witnesses of the French occupation, while the others were constructed anywhere from the 18th to the 20th century.
Category: Laval, Quebec. ... Syndicat des Cols Bleus de la Ville de Laval; T. Teamsters Canada This page was last edited on 21 October 2023, at 06:50 (UTC ...
The Laval City Council is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada.It is composed of the mayor and 21 councillors. They are elected to four year terms with the next election scheduled for November 2025.