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Vauréal
Commune in Île-de-France, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vauréal (French pronunciation: [voʁeal] ⓘ) is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 30.6 km (19.0 mi) from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s.
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Coordinates: 49°02′07″N 2°01′58″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Val-d'Oise |
Arrondissement | Pontoise |
Canton | Vauréal |
Intercommunality | Cergy-Pontoise |
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• Mayor (2023–2026) | Raphaël Lanteri[1] |
Area 1 | 3.46 km2 (1.34 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 16,034 |
• Density | 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 95637 /95490 |
Elevation | 22–122 m (72–400 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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French chocolate maker Henri Menier (1853–1913) had a château in Vauréal and named the 70-metre-high Vauréal Falls on Anticosti Island in Quebec province of Canada after the town.