Conches-en-Ouche

Conches-en-Ouche
Conches-en-Ouche
Location within Upper Normandy region  Conches-en-Ouche
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Évreux
Canton	Conches-en-Ouche
Intercommunality	Pays de Conches
Mayor	Alfred Recours (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	100–173 m (330–568 ft) (avg. 123 m/404 ft)
Land area1	16.72 km2 (6.46 sq mi)
Population2	5,034  (2008)
- Density	301 /km2 (780 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	27165/ 27190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°57′41″N 0°56′36″E / 48.9613888889°N 0.943333333333°E / 48.9613888889; 0.943333333333

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

Geography

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.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1882	2,105	—
1962	3,028	+43.8%
1968	3,534	+16.7%
1975	3,785	+7.1%
1982	3,854	+1.8%
1990	4,009	+4.0%
1999	4,280	+6.8%
2008	5,034	+17.6%

See also

• Communes of the Eure department

References

• INSEE

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  Gargoyles on Sainte-Foy

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  Keep (donjon) built 1035 by Roger I of Tosny and destroyed 1591 in the French Wars of Religion

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  Abbey (11th century) and hospital