Val-de-Reuil

Val-de-Reuil
Val-de-Reuil

Coordinates: 49°17′N 1°13′E / 49.28°N 1.21°E / 49.28; 1.21Coordinates: 49°17′N 1°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 Seine-Eure
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Marc-Antoine Jamet
Area1 26.61 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 13,702
  Density 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.

International relations

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

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1968398    
1975378−5.0%
19824,400+1064.0%
199011,359+158.2%
199913,245+16.6%
200813,702+3.5%

Inhabitants are called Rolivalois.

History

Le Vaudreuil (ensemble urbain) was one of the nine new towns created in France in the beginning of the 1970s.

Administration

Val-de-Reuil is the seat of a canton, which includes eight communes and has a total population of 20,555 (1999).

See also

References

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