Dorval occurs as city inside southwestern Quebec, Canada in the western a share of the Island of Montreal; pop. 17,706 (Canada 2001 Census).

the history of Dorval dates back other than 300 years to 1665 whilst Sulpician priests established a mission on the fringe of what was so known as Ville-Marie. Originally known as Gentilly, it was later on renamed Lthe Présentation-de-lthe-Vierge-Marie & eventually Dorval, which was incorporated as a village around 1892, a town withinside 1903, & a city in 1956. (Around French it was termed the cité, an old term utilized to translate a English legal term "city." A term, which actually means "city-state," "precinct," or even "old quarter of a city," was deem an wrong calque and was phased out and replaced sustaining ville. Dorval & certain more municipalities were a endure couple of remaining cités prior to existence incorporated into Montreal & more cities.)

When by having several more settlements on a Island of Montreal, the Grand Trunk Railway, which came to Dorval inside 1855, was extremely subservient inside attracting several moneyed families, mostly English speaking, around research of the summertime refuge inside proximity to their downtown home & place of function. From either 12,853 residents within 1955, Dorval statistics in todays world to a higher degree 17,500. 50'Île Dorval, colonized within 1860 & placed less than of these km offshore from either Dorval, occurs as summertime bungalow community which has just 2 lasting residents & remains the pristine environment.

In January 1, 2002 Dorval, as an entity, was dissolved per province of Quebec via Bill 170 (Municipal Territorial Organization), & recreated as a borough of the City of Montreal. In June 20, 2004, the city voted to separate from either Montreal to be an independant city once again.

Dorval is the location of Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, one of Montreal's two international airports.

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