Vauréal () is a
commune in the northwestern suburbs of
Paris
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,
France
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. It is located from the
center of Paris, in the "
new town
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" of
Cergy-Pontoise
Cergy-Pontoise () is a new town and an agglomeration community in France, in the Val-d'Oise and Yvelines departments, northwest of Paris on the river Oise. It owes its name to two of the communes that it covers, Cergy and Pontoise. Its population ...
, created in the 1960s.
French
chocolate maker
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Henri Menier (1853–1913) had a
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in Vauréal and named the 70-metre-high Vauréal Falls on
Anticosti Island
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in
Quebec province of
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after the town.
Population
Transportation
Vauréal is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Vauréal is
Cergy – Le Haut station on Paris
RER line A and on the
Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring commune of
Cergy
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, from the town center of Vauréal.
Education
Schools include:
*Eight primary schools
Les établissements scolaires à Vauréal
" Vauréal. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
*Two junior high schools (''collèges''): La Bussie and Les Toupets[Les établissements secondaires]
" Vauréal. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
*One senior high school, Lycée Camille Claudel[
]
See also
*Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list of the 183 Communes of France, communes of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
Official website
*
Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise
Communes of Val-d'Oise
Cergy-Pontoise
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