Val-de-Reuil
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region | Normandy | |
Department | Your | |
Arrondissement | Les Andelys | |
Canton | Val-de-Reuil (main town) | |
Community association | His-yours | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 17 ' N , 1 ° 13' E | |
height | 4–120 m | |
surface | 26.61 km 2 | |
Residents | 13,063 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 491 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 27100 | |
INSEE code | 27701 | |
Website | www.valdereuil.fr/ | |
Menhir of Basse-Crémonville |
Val-de-Reuil is a French municipality with 13,063 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Eure in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Les Andelys and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Val-de-Reuil . The inhabitants are called Rolivalois .
geography
Val-de-Reuil is located a little west of the Seine , south of the confluence with the Eure in the east of the large forest Forêt domaniale de Bord - Louviers (also known as Forêt de Louviers or Forêt de Bord ).
history
The parish came into being in the 1970s as a result of the creation of the villes nouvelles . After the municipality of Le Vaudreuil , the settlement was initially called Le Vaudrieul-Ville Nouvelle (1981). To avoid confusion, the municipality was given its current name in 1983.
The commune of Val-de-Reuil was formed in 1981 from parts of Le Vaudreuil , Incarville , Porte-Joie , Poses , Saint-Étienne-du-Vauvray , Saint-Pierre-du-Vauvray and Tournedos-sur-Seine .
While the village still had 421 inhabitants in the 1970s, the number of inhabitants rose noticeably:
- 1982: 4.254
- 1990: 11,373
- 1999: 13.245
- 2006: 13,595
- 2011: 13,233
partnership
There are community partnerships with:
- Ritterhude , Lower Saxony, Germany
- Sztum , Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
- Workington , Cumbria / England, United Kingdom
Attractions
- Menhir of Basse-Crémonville (Monument historique since 1927)
- Menhir of Haute-Crémonville´ (Monument historique since 1978)
- Astrolabe in the city center
Personalities
- Bernard Amsalem (* 1951), athletics official and local politician