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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.




Population


The inhabitants of Val-de-Reuil are called Rolivalois.




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


Les jardins animaliers du parc zoologique 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






External links



Town website

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