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{{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
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