Val-de-Reuil
Val-de-Reuil | |
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Location of Val-de-Reuil  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Les Andelys |
| Canton | Val-de-Reuil |
| Intercommunality | Seine-Eure |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Marc-Antoine Jamet |
Area 1 | 26.61 km2 (10.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 13,702 |
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 27701 /27100 |
| Elevation | 4–120 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
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 398 | — |
| 1975 | 378 | −5.0% |
| 1982 | 4,400 | +1064.0% |
| 1990 | 11,359 | +158.2% |
| 1999 | 13,245 | +16.6% |
| 2008 | 13,702 | +3.5% |
Inhabitants are called Rolivalois.
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).
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