Conches-en-Ouche

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

Conches-en-Ouche
Commune
The church in Conches-en-Ouche
Coat of arms
Location of Conches-en-Ouche
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Coordinates: 48°57′41″N 0°56′36″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Évreux
Canton	Conches-en-Ouche
Intercommunality	Pays de Conches
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alfred Recours
Area ^1	16.72 km^2 (6.46 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	5,030
• Density	300/km^2 (780/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.	±%
1882	2,105	—
1962	3,028	+43.8%
1968	3,534	+16.7%
1975	3,785	+7.1%
1982	3,854	+1.8%
1990	4,009	+4.0%
1999	4,280	+6.8%
2008	5,034	+17.6%

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.
• 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

Twin towns — Sister cities

Conches-en-Ouche is twinned with:

• Rhodes, Greece[2]
• Człuchów, Poland
• Wareham, United Kingdom[3]
• Aulendorf, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

Gallery

• 
  Gargoyles on Sainte-Foy
• 
  Keep (donjon) built 1035 by Roger I of Tosny and destroyed 1591 in the French Wars of Religion
• 
  Abbey (11th century) and hospital

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "Twinnings" (PDF). Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
3. "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-20.