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Conches-en-Ouche

Conches-en-Ouche
Conches-en-Ouche Eglise Sainte-Foy.jpg
Coat of arms of Conches-en-Ouche
Coat of arms
Conches-en-Ouche is located in France
Conches-en-Ouche
Conches-en-Ouche
Coordinates: 48°57′41″N 0°56′36″E / 48.9614°N 0.9433°E / 48.9614; 0.9433Coordinates: 48°57′41″N 0°56′36″E / 48.9614°N 0.9433°E / 48.9614; 0.9433
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Eure
Arrondissement Évreux
Canton Conches-en-Ouche
Intercommunality Pays de Conches
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Alfred Recours
Area1 16.72 km2 (6.46 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 5,034
 • Density 300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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

Conches-en-Ouche is twinned with:

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



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