Val-de-Reuil

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.

Population

The inhabitants of Val-de-Reuil are called Rolivalois in French. Population data refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2025.

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 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

External links

• Town website