Val-de-Reuil

Val-de-Reuil (French pronunciation: [val də 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]

Val-de-Reuil
Commune
The menhir of La Basse Crémonville
Coat of arms
Location of Val-de-Reuil
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Coordinates: 49°17′N 1°13′E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Les Andelys
Canton	Val-de-Reuil
Intercommunality	CA Seine-Eure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc-Antoine Jamet[1]
Area 1	26.61 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	12,939
• Density	490/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.

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[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 Vaudreuil-Ex Ensemble Urbain.^[6]
• 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 20,422 (2021).^[7][8]

Points of interest

• Biotropica, les jardins animaliers 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

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

See also

• Communes of the Eure department