Val-de-Reuil
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Val-de-Reuil ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north-western France.<ref>Commune de Val-de-Reuil, INSEE</ref> 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.<ref name=change/>
Population
The inhabitants of Val-de-Reuil are called Rolivalois.
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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 19 November 1984: the commune changed its name to Val-de-Reuil to avoid confusion with nearby Le Vaudreuil.<ref name=change>Décret du 13 novembre 1984 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0270, 18 November 1984, p. 10523.</ref>
- 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).<ref name=decret>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Populations légales 2021: 27 Eure, INSEE</ref>
Points of interest
- Biotropica, les jardins animaliers is a zoo covering 10 hectares that was established in 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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International relations
Val-de-Reuil is twinned with Workington in the United Kingdom.
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