Louviers
Encyclopedia
Louviers is a commune
in the Eure
department in Haute-Normandie
in northern France.
Louviers is 100 km (62.1 mi) from Paris
and 30 km (18.6 mi) from Rouen
.
Flamboyant
architecture.
(1907–1984) who lived nearby. The composer Maurice Duruflé
(b. in Louviers 1906 - d. in Louveciennes
1986) was born in Louviers. Other famous persons include:
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Eure
Eure
Eure is a department in the north of France named after the river Eure.- History :Eure is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in Haute-Normandie
Haute-Normandie
Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...
in northern France.
Louviers is 100 km (62.1 mi) from Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and 30 km (18.6 mi) from Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
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Population
Sights
Its church, Notre Dame, has parts which date from the thirteenth century. The 16th century porch on the south side is an example of Late GothicGothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
Flamboyant
Flamboyant
Flamboyant is the name given to a florid style of late Gothic architecture in vogue in France from the 14th to the early 16th century, a version of which spread to Spain and Portugal during the 15th century; the equivalent stylistic period in English architecture is called the Decorated Style, and...
architecture.
Personalities
It is also well known for its Musée des décors de Théâtre, d'Opéra et de Cinéma (Fondation Wakhévitch), after Georges WakhévitchGeorges Wakhevitch
Georges Wakhévitch was an art director .He was raised in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s....
(1907–1984) who lived nearby. The composer Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé was a French composer, organist, and pedagogue.Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure. In 1912, he became chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School, where he studied piano and organ with Jules Haelling...
(b. in Louviers 1906 - d. in Louveciennes
Louveciennes
Louveciennes is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and adjacent to Marly-le-Roi.-Sights:...
1986) was born in Louviers. Other famous persons include:
- Pierre Mendès-FrancePierre Mendès-FrancePierre Mendès France was a French politician. He descended from a Portuguese Jewish family that moved to France in the sixteenth century.-Third Republic and World War II:...
, 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 - GaillonGaillonGaillon is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.-History:The origins of Gaillon are not really known. In 892, Rollo, a Viking chief, might have ravaged Gaillon and the region, before he became the first prince of the Normans and count of Rouen in 911.The Gaillon history did begin,...
1755), - Jacques François Édouard HervieuxJacques François Édouard HervieuxJacques François Édouard Hervieux was a French pediatrician and gynecologist born in Louviers.In 1838 he received his licence ès lettres in Rouen, afterwards obtaining a degree in science in Paris , where he later studied medicine...
(Louviers 1818 - 1905), physician.
International relations
Louviers is twinned with:- Weymouth and PortlandIsle of PortlandThe Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and...
, England - HolzwickedeHolzwickedeHolzwickede is a municipality in the district of Unna in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.It is twinned with Weymouth, England and Louviers.- References :...
, Germany