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Coordinates: 49°17′N 1°13′E / 49.28°N 1.21°E / 49.28; 1.21
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The inhabitants of Val-de-Reui are called ''Rolivalois''.
The inhabitants of Val-de-Reuil are called ''Rolivalois''.


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Val-de-Reuil
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Val-de-Reuil is located in France
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Val-de-Reuil is located in Normandy
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Val-de-Reuil
Coordinates: 49°17′N 1°13′E / 49.28°N 1.21°E / 49.28; 1.21
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentEure
ArrondissementLes Andelys
CantonVal-de-Reuil
IntercommunalitySeine-Eure
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Marc-Antoine Jamet
Area
1
26.61 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
13,702
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
27701 /27100
Elevation4–120 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 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
YearPop.±%
1968398—    
1975378−5.0%
19824,400+1064.0%
199011,359+158.2%
199913,245+16.6%
200813,702+3.5%



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.[1]
  • 19 November 1984: the commune changed its name to Val-de-Reuil to avoid confusion with nearby Le Vaudreuil.[1]
  • 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).

See also

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