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Conches-en-Ouche
Commune
Church of St Faith (l'Église Sainte-Foy)
Church of St Faith (l'Église Sainte-Foy)
Coat of arms of Conches-en-Ouche
Coat of arms
Conches-en-Ouche is located in France
Conches-en-Ouche
Conches-en-Ouche
Location in France
Conches-en-Ouche is located in Normandy
Conches-en-Ouche
Conches-en-Ouche
Location in Normandy
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Eure
Arrondissement Évreux
Canton Conches-en-Ouche
Intercommunality Pays de Conches
Area
1
 16.72 km2 (6.46 sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
27165 /27190
Elevation 100–173 m (328–568 ft)
(avg. 123 m or 404 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Conches-en-Ouche (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃ʃ ɑ̃.n‿uʃ], literally Conches in Ouche) is a commune in the Eure département in northern France.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 3,534 —    
1975 3,785 +0.99%
1982 3,854 +0.26%
1990 4,009 +0.49%
1999 4,280 +0.73%
2007 5,046 +2.08%
2012 4,994 −0.21%
2017 5,030 +0.14%
Source: INSEE

Sights and monuments

  • Château de Conches-en-Ouche, ruins of 11th-century castle
  • Church of St Faith (l'Église Sainte-Foy)
  • Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Châtillon-lès-Conches
  • Arboretum
  • Folk museum

Personalities linked to the commune

  • William of Conches, medieval grammarian, philosopher and theologian of 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.
  • Paul Collin (1843–1915), writer and librettist, was born here.
  • 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.
  • Roger de Tosny I, medieval knight known as the Moor Eater

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Conches-en-Ouche is twinned with:

See also

Gallery

  • Conches gargoyles on Sainte-Foy

    Gargoyles on Sainte-Foy

  • Conches-en-Ouche donjon

    Keep (donjon) built 1035 by Roger I of Tosny and destroyed 1591 in the French Wars of Religion

  • Conches-en-Ouche abbaye

    Abbey (11th century) and hospital

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