Conches-en-Ouche explained

Conches-en-Ouche
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Conches-en-Ouche (Eure).svg
Arrondissement:	Évreux
Canton:	Conches-en-Ouche
Insee:	27165
Postal Code:	27190
Mayor:	Jérôme Pasco^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays de Conches
Coordinates:	48.9614°N 0.9433°W
Elevation M:	123
Elevation Min M:	100
Elevation Max M:	173
Area Km2:	16.72

Conches-en-Ouche (pronounced as /fr/, 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.

Sights and monuments

• Château de Conches-en-Ouche, ruins of 11th-century castle
• Church of St Faith (French: 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:

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

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Web site: Twinnings. 2013-08-25. Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece. 5 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190805053212/http://www.kedke.gr/uploads/twinnedcities.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]]. https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns. 2013-07-20. 5 July 2013. Archant Community Media Ltd.