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Val-de-Reuil

Coordinates: 49°17′N 1°13′E / 49.28°N 1.21°E / 49.28; 1.21
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Val-de-Reuil
The menhir of La Basse Crémonville
The menhir of La Basse Crémonville
Coat of arms of Val-de-Reuil
Location of Val-de-Reuil
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Val-de-Reuil is located in France
Val-de-Reuil
Val-de-Reuil
Val-de-Reuil is located in Normandy
Val-de-Reuil
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
IntercommunalityCA Seine-Eure
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marc-Antoine Jamet[1]
Area
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26.61 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
12,647
 • Density480/km2 (1,200/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 (French pronunciation: [val ʁœj]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north-western France.[3] 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.[4]

Population

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

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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[5]

History

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

Administration

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Val-de-Reuil is the seat of a canton, which includes eight communes and has a total population of 20,422 (2021).[7][8]

Points of interest

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  • Les jardins animaliers du parc zoologique is a zoo covering 10 hectares that was established in 2012. [9][10] The zoo has over 2000 animals, across 200 species.[11]

International relations

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Commune de Val-de-Reuil, INSEE
  4. ^ a b Décret du 13 novembre 1984 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0270, 18 November 1984, p. 10523.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ "Commune supprimée de Vaudreuil-Ex-Ensemble Urbain". INSEE.
  7. ^ "Décret n° 2014-241 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Eure | Legifrance". Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  8. ^ Populations légales 2021: 27 Eure, INSEE
  9. ^ "EN IMAGES. Retour sur les 10 ans du parc Biotropica à Val-de-Reuil". France 3 Normandie. 9 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Biotropica animal gardens in VAL-DE-REUIL". Normandy Tourism, France.
  11. ^ "Val-de-Reuil : Biotropica présente de nouvelles espèces à découvrir cet été". actu.fr. 21 July 2023.
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