Conches-en-Ouche

Conches-en-Ouche (, 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

Sights and monuments

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

Conches-en-Ouche is twinned with:

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

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

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References