Vauréal

Vauréal (French pronunciation: [voʁeal] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 30.6 km (19.0 mi) from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s.

Vauréal
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Vauréal
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Coordinates: 49°02′07″N 2°01′58″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Pontoise
Canton	Vauréal
Intercommunality	Cergy-Pontoise
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Raphaël Lanteri[1]
Area 1	3.46 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	16,079
• Density	4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95637 /95490
Elevation	22–122 m (72–400 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

French chocolate maker Henri Menier (1853–1913) had a château in Vauréal and named the 70-metre-high Vauréal Falls on Anticosti Island in Quebec province of Canada after the town.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	607	—
1975	662	+1.25%
1982	866	+3.91%
1990	12,045	+38.97%
1999	16,206	+3.35%
2007	15,674	−0.42%
2012	15,868	+0.25%
2017	16,464	+0.74%
Source: INSEE[3]

Transportation

Vauréal is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Vauréal is Cergy – Le Haut station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Cergy, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) from the town center of Vauréal.

Education

Schools include:

• Eight primary schools^[4]
• Two junior high schools (collèges): La Bussie and Les Toupets^[5]
• One senior high school, Lycée Camille Claudel^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department