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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