Val-de-Reuil (French pronunciation: [val də ʁœj]) 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.
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The menhir of La Basse Crémonville | |
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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 | 12,910 |
• 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 is twinned with Workington in the United Kingdom.
The inhabitants of Val-de-Reuil are called Rolivalois.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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[3] |
Le Vaudreuil (ensemble urbain) was one of the nine new towns created in France in the beginning of the 1970s.
Val-de-Reuil is the seat of a canton, which includes eight communes and has a total population of 20,555 (1999).[citation needed]
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