Sister Cities
Laval is twinned with two different cities:
- Laval (France), since 1984
- Petah Tikva, Israel, since 1986
- Klagenfurt, Austria, since 2005
It also shares about ten economic and cultural cooperation agreements with cities such as Markham, Ontario; Ribeira Grande, The Azores; Nice, France; Grenoble, France; Mudanjiang, China and Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chile.
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