Louviers

Louviers

French commune
nomcommune=Louviers
région=Haute-Normandie
département=Eure
arrondissement=Évreux
canton=Louviers-Nord and Louviers-Sud
insee=27375
cp=27400
maire=Franck Martin
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Seine-Eure
longitude=1.16638888889
latitude=49.2161111111
alt moy=15
alt mini=11
alt maxi=149
hectares=2706
km²=27.06
sans=18,328
date-sans=1999
dens=307.8
date-dens=1999

Louviers is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.

Louviers is 100 km from Paris and 30 km from Rouen.

Historical population

*1880: 10,973
*1954: 10,746
*1975: 18,333
*1999: 18,328

ights

Its church, Notre Dame, has parts which date from the 13th century.

Miscellaneous

It is also well known for its Musée des décors de Théâtre, d'Opéra et de Cinéma (Fondation Wakhévitch), after Georges Wakhévitch (1907-1984) who lived nearby. The composer Maurice Duruflé (b. in Louviers 1906 - d. in Louveciennes 1986) was born in Louviers. Others famous persons include:
*Pierre Mendès-France, mayor of Louviers in 1954
*Jean Nicolle (Louviers 1604- Louviers 1650), painter.
*Michel Linant (Louviers 1708 - Paris 1749), poet, author of "Progrès de l'éloquence sous le règne de Louis le Grand"
*Jean-Baptiste Gauthier (Louviers 1685 - Gaillon 1755),

Twin towns

*Weymouth and Portland, England
*Holzwickede, Germany

ee also

*Communes of the Eure department

External links

* [http://www.ville-louviers.fr Official Web site]


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