Val-de-Reuil
Encyclopedia
Val-de-Reuil is a commune
in the Eure
department in Normandy
in northern France
. It is located south of Rouen
in the loop of the Seine
. Created as a new town
in the 1970s, initially as Vaudreuil, it later changed its name to Val-de-Reuil to avoid confusing with its neighbour, Le Vaudreuil
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Eure
Eure
Eure is a department in the north of France named after the river Eure.- History :Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is located south of Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
in the loop of the Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
. Created as a new town
New town
A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...
in the 1970s, initially as Vaudreuil, it later changed its name to Val-de-Reuil to avoid confusing with its neighbour, Le Vaudreuil
Le Vaudreuil
Le Vaudreuil is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.-Population:-External links:* *...
Population
Inhabitants are called Rolivalois.History
Vaudreuil was one of the new nine new towns created in France in the beginning of the 1970s.- June 1972, creation of the Établissement Public d'Aménagement of the new townNew townA new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...
of Vaudreuil. - December 1972, creation of the Ensemble Urbain du Vaudreuil which includes communes including Vaudreuil. The population do not depend on any more of the communes but a statute carried out many disputes.
- 28 September 1981, to answer the disputes, the Ensemble Urbain became a commune whose creation cut down IncarvilleIncarvilleIncarville is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.-Population:...
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and was Le Vaudreuil-Ex Ensemble Urbain. - 19 November 1984, the city changed its name to Val-de-Reuil to avoid confusions 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 the communauté de communesCommunauté de communesA communauté de communes is a federation of municipalities in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together...
with LouviersLouviersLouviers is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.Louviers is from Paris and from Rouen.-Population:-Sights:Its church, Notre Dame, has parts which date from the thirteenth century...
and Incarville. - 2001 Val-de-Reuil became part of the Communauté d'agglomération Seine-Eure which has its principal centre in Louviers.