Vauréal
Vauréal is a commune with 16,223 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Val- d'Oise and is located on the northwestern outskirts of Paris. Vauréal belongs to Arrondissement Pontoise on the Canton L' Hautil.
Geography
Vauréal located about 35 km northwest of Paris on the Oise River.
The neighboring communities of Vauréal are Cergy in the north, Neuville- sur -Oise in the east, Jouy -le- metier in the south, southwest and Courdimanche Boisemont in the northwest.
Demographics
Until the 1980s Vauréal was a place of minor importance.
Attractions
- Church of Notre- Dame-de- l'Assomption
- Avenue to the English Cemetery and the cemetery cross
- Château de Vauréal
- Dolmen
- Maison de Michaux and Lavoir de Carneaux
Community partnership
Since 2006 Vauréal connects a community partnership with the City Kétou in Benin.
Personalities
- François André Michaux (1770-1855), botanist
- Henri Menier (1853-1913), adventurer and Schokolatier
- Claude Brasseur (1936 ), actor
- Jean -Michel Badiane ( b. 1983 ), football player