Arrondissement of Laval


The arrondissement of Laval is an arrondissement of France in the Mayenne department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 34 communes. Its population is 112,937, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Laval, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Ahuillé
  2. Argentré
  3. Beaulieu-sur-Oudon
  4. Bonchamp-lès-Laval
  5. Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt
  6. Bourgon
  7. La Brûlatte
  8. Châlons-du-Maine
  9. Changé
  10. La Chapelle-Anthenaise
  11. Entrammes
  12. Forcé
  13. Le Genest-Saint-Isle
  14. La Gravelle
  15. L'Huisserie
  16. Launay-Villiers
  17. Laval
  18. Loiron-Ruillé
  19. Louverné
  20. Louvigné
  21. Montflours
  22. Montigné-le-Brillant
  23. Montjean
  24. Nuillé-sur-Vicoin
  25. Olivet
  26. Parné-sur-Roc
  27. Port-Brillet
  28. Saint-Berthevin
  29. Saint-Cyr-le-Gravelais
  30. Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux
  31. Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne
  32. Saint-Ouën-des-Toits
  33. Saint-Pierre-la-Cour
  34. Soulgé-sur-Ouette

    History

The arrondissement of Laval was created in 1800. At the March 2016 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Mayenne, it lost 14 communes to the arrondissement of Château-Gontier and 38 communes to the arrondissement of Mayenne.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Laval were, as of January 2015:
  1. Argentré
  2. Chailland
  3. Évron
  4. Laval-Est
  5. Laval-Nord-Est
  6. Laval-Nord-Ouest
  7. Laval-Saint-Nicolas
  8. Laval-Sud-Ouest
  9. Loiron
  10. Meslay-du-Maine
  11. Montsûrs
  12. Saint-Berthevin
  13. Sainte-Suzanne