Val-de-Reuil () 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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|1968 |398

|1975 |378

|1982 |4400

|1990 |11359

|1999 |13245

|2007 |13548

|2012 |13407

|2017 |13063

|2023 |13245

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.
  • 19 November 1984: the commune changed its name to Val-de-Reuil to avoid confusion with nearby Le Vaudreuil.
  • 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).

Points of interest

  • Biotropica, les jardins animaliers is a zoo covering 10 hectares that was established in 2012. The zoo has over 2000 animals, across 200 species.

International relations

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

See also

  • Communes of the Eure department

References

  • Town website