Val-de-Reuil

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′N1°13′E / 49.28°N 1.21°E / 49.28; 1.21
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.

Val-de-Reuil (French pronunciation: [valdəʁœj] ) 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

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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Commune de Val-de-Reuil, INSEE
4. 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.

External links

• Town website