Louviers
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Commune of Louviers |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Haute-Normandie |
| Department | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Évreux |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons Louviers-Nord Louviers-Sud |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Seine - Eure |
| Mayor | Franck Martin (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 11 m–149 m (avg. 15 m) |
| Land area¹ | 27.06 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
18,328 |
| - Density | 307.8/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 27375/ 27400 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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- See also: Louviers, Colorado
Louviers is a French town in upper Normandy in the Eure département.
Louviers is 100 km from Paris and 30 km from Rouen.
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[edit] Historical population
[edit] Sights
Its church, Notre Dame, has parts which date from the 13th century.
[edit] Miscellaneous
It is also well known for its Musée des décors de Théâtre, d'Opéra et de Cinéma (Fondation Wakhévitch), after Georges Wakhevitch (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),
