Louviers 207353 221035372 2008-06-22T19:40:01Z W guice 1108782 linkfix [[Georges Wakhévitch]] {{French commune|nomcommune=Louviers| région=[[Haute-Normandie]]|département=[[Eure]]| arrondissement=Évreux|canton=Chief town of 2 cantons<br />[[canton of Louviers-Nord|Louviers-Nord]]<br />[[canton of Louviers-Sud|Louviers-Sud]]| insee=27375|cp=27400|maire=Franck Martin|mandat=[[2001]]-[[2008]]| intercomm=[[Communauté d'agglomération Seine - Eure]] |longitude=1.16638888889|latitude=49.2161111111|alt moy=15 m|alt mini=11 m|alt maxi=149 m| hectares=2,706|km²=27.06|sans=18,328|date-sans=1999|dens=307.8|date-dens=1999}} {{See also|Louviers, Colorado}} '''Louviers''' is a [[France|French]] town in upper [[Normandy]] in the [[Eure]] ''[[Département in France|département]]''. 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 ==Sights== 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), ==Twinnings== *[[Weymouth]] and [[Isle of Portland|Portland]], [[England]] *[[Holzwickede]], [[Germany]] ==External links== *http://www.ville-louviers.fr [[Category:Communes of Eure]] [[ceb:Louviers]] [[de:Louviers]] [[es:Louviers]] [[fr:Louviers]] [[it:Louviers]] [[nl:Louviers]] [[pl:Louviers]] [[pt:Louviers]] [[vo:Louviers (Fransän)]] [[zh:卢维埃]]