Val-de-Reuil () is a

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in the

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in north-western

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. It is located south of

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in a loop of the

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. Created as the

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of Le Vaudreuil in 1972, its name was changed to Val-de-Reuil in 1984 to avoid confusion with its neighbour,

Le Vaudreuil Le Vaudreuil () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 15 April 1969 the commune of Notre-Dame-du-Vaudreuil was joined with that of Saint-Cyr-du-Vaudreuil to form the present Le Vaudreuil. A bronze statue of the ...

International relations

Val-de-Reuil is twinned with

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in the

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Population

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

History

Le Vaudreuil (ensemble urbain) was one of the nine

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created in France in the beginning of the 1970s. *June 1972: creation of the Établissement public d'aménagement of the

. *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 Tournedos-sur-Seine is a small village and a former commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Porte-de-Seine.Le Vaudreuil Le Vaudreuil () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 15 April 1969 the commune of Notre-Dame-du-Vaudreuil was joined with that of Saint-Cyr-du-Vaudreuil to form the present Le Vaudreuil. A bronze statue of the ...

. The new commune was named Le Vaudreuil-Ex Ensemble Urbain.INSEE fiche Val-de-Reuil
/ref> *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

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with

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and Incarville. *2001: Val-de-Reuil became part of the

Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure is an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Louviers. It is located in the Eure department, in the Normandy region, northern France. It was created in September 2019. Its seat is in Louviers.

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 20,555 (1999).

International relations

Population

History

Administration

See also