Conches-en-Ouche | ||
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Coordinates: 48°57′41″N 0°56′36″E / 48.9614°N 0.9433°ECoordinates: 48°57′41″N 0°56′36″E / 48.9614°N 0.9433°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Normandy | |
Department | Eure | |
Arrondissement | Évreux | |
Canton | Conches-en-Ouche | |
Intercommunality | Pays de Conches | |
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• 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) |
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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