Val-de-Reuil

Commune in Normandy, France

(2020–2026) Marc-Antoine Jamet^[1]Area26.61 km² (10.27 sq mi)Population12,647 • Density480/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation4–120 m (13–394 ft)
(avg. 13 m or 43 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Val-de-Reuil (French pronunciation: [val də ʁœj]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north-western France. It is located south of Rouen in a loop of the Seine. Created as the new town of Le Vaudreuil in 1972, its name was changed to Val-de-Reuil in 1984 to avoid confusion with its neighbour, Le Vaudreuil.

International relations

Val-de-Reuil is twinned with Workington in the United Kingdom.

Population

The inhabitants of Val-de-Reuil are called Rolivalois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	398	—
1975	378	−0.73%
1982	4,400	+42.00%
1990	11,359	+12.59%
1999	13,245	+1.72%
2007	13,548	+0.28%
2012	13,407	−0.21%
2017	13,063	−0.52%
Source: INSEE[3]

History

Le Vaudreuil (ensemble urbain) was one of the nine new towns created in France in the beginning of the 1970s.

• June 1972: creation of the Établissement public d'aménagement of the new town of Le Vaudreuil.
• December 1972: creation of the urban community (ensemble urbain) of Le Vaudreuil on the territory of several existing communes including Le Vaudreuil.
• 28 September 1981: the urban community became a commune, created from parts of the communes Incarville, Léry, Porte-Joie, Poses, Saint-Étienne-du-Vauvray, Saint-Pierre-du-Vauvray, Tournedos-sur-Seine and Le Vaudreuil. The new commune was named Le Vaudreuil-Ex Ensemble Urbain.^[4]
• 19 November 1984: the commune changed its name to Val-de-Reuil to avoid confusion with nearby Le Vaudreuil.^[4]
• December, 1985: the dissolution of the établissement public d'aménagement, whose competences were transferred into the commune.
• 1996: Val-de-Reuil joined a communauté de communes with Louviers and Incarville.
• 2001: Val-de-Reuil became part of the Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure which has its principal centre in Louviers.

Administration

Val-de-Reuil is the seat of a canton, which includes eight communes and has a total population of 20,555 (1999).^{[citation needed]}

Points of interest

• Les jardins animaliers du parc zoologique is a zoo covering 10 hectares that was established in 2012. ^[5][6] The zoo has over 2000 animals, across 200 species.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

References

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