Vauréal
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Commune of Vauréal |
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Town hall | |
Location | |
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Val-d'Oise |
Arrondissement | Pontoise |
Canton | L'Hautil |
Intercommunality | Cergy-Pontoise |
Mayor | Bernard Morin (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 22–122 m |
Land area¹ | 3.46 km² |
Population² (Oct. 2003 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
16,308 16,206 |
- Density | 4,713/km² (2003) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 95637/ 95490 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Vauréal is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 30.6 km. (19 miles) from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s.
French chocolate maker Henri Menier (1853-1913) had a château in Vauréal and named the 70 metres high Vauréal Falls on Anticosti Island in Quebec province of Canada after the town.
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[edit] Demographics
As of the census of 1999, the population was 16,206.
The estimate for 2005 was 15,400.
[edit] 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, 2.2 km.(1.4 miles) from the town center of Vauréal.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise (French)
- INSEE (English)
- IGN (English)
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
- Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
- Land use (IAURIF) (English)