Laval City Hall

The Town Hall, in Laval

The Town Hall of Laval, on the Place du 11 Novembre, is a monumental building of the nineteenth century that testifies to the modernising ambition of the town. The Laval audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this seat of the municipal life, with a regular and solemn façade.

The building of the town that modernises

You are on the Place du 11 Novembre, in front of the Town Hall of Laval. This building, with its regular and monumental façade, tells the story of a town that wanted to modernise. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Laval had had enough of its old municipal premises, become too cramped and dilapidated for a booming town, and decided to endow itself with a town hall worthy of its rank and its ambitions. This imposing building was thus raised, in the official style of the era, marked by order, symmetry and solemnity, with its orderly façade and its ornaments. The town hall, seat of the municipal administration, is the heart of the political and civic life of the town, where the great decisions are taken and where the life of the community is expressed. It dominates the Place du 11 Novembre, one of the central spaces of Laval, a place of gathering and memory, whose name evokes the armistice of the First World War. A witness of the rise of the town and of its desire for modernity, the building is a major element of the urban heritage. A monumental building and a heart of the town, the Town Hall is a fine stop of the discovery of Laval.

What to see

You admire the monumental building of the nineteenth century with a regular and solemn façade, raised when Laval, booming, wanted to endow itself with a town hall worthy of its rank by replacing its old dilapidated premises; in the official style of the era, seat of the municipal life, it dominates the Place du 11 Novembre, a place of gathering and memory. The Town Hall is a heart of Laval. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Town Hall lies on the Place du 11 Novembre, in the heart of Laval, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from the square; it is an official building whose interior access follows its own conditions. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

Why was the Town Hall of Laval built?

Because at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Laval, booming, found its old municipal premises too cramped and dilapidated, and decided to endow itself with a town hall worthy of its rank and its ambitions; this monumental building was thus raised in the official style of the era, with a regular and solemn façade, seat of the municipal life dominating the Place du 11 Novembre.

Where is the Town Hall in Laval?

On the Place du 11 Novembre, in the heart of Laval, in France.