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Country
  
France

Department
  
Eure

Canton
  
Conches-en-Ouche

Area
  
16.72 km²

Region
  
Normandy

Arrondissement
  
Évreux

Intercommunality
  
Pays de Conches

Population
  
4,280 (1999)

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Conches-en-Ouches is a commune in the Eure département in northern France.

Contents

Map of 27190 Conches-en-Ouche, France

Geography

It is located by the Rouloir river, southwest of Évreux in the Haute-Normandie region. The town is located on a plateau known as the Pays d'Ouche.

Sights and monuments

  • Château de Conches-en-Ouche, ruins of 11th-century castle
  • L'église Sainte-Foy
  • Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Châtillon-lès-Conches
  • Arboretum
  • Folk museum

    • Personalities linked to the commune

  • Guillaume de Conches, medieval grammarian, philosopher and theologian linked to the School of Chartres.
  • Diderot set an episode of Jacques le fataliste et son maître (1773/1775) in Conches.
  • Victor-Amédée Barbié du Bocage (1832-1890), renowned geographer and essayist, died in the Château de Quenet on 11 October 1890.
  • François Décorchemont (1880-1971), master glassmaker who made the windows of numerous churches in the Eure and the Church of Sainte-Odile in Paris was born and died in Conches.
  • Alfred Recours, mayor of the town since 1984 and a former deputy for l'Eure.

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Conches-en-Ouche is twinned with:

  • Rhodes, Greece
  • Człuchów, Poland
  • Wareham, United Kingdom
  • Aulendorf, Germany

    • References

    Conches-en-Ouche Wikipedia
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