Conches is the plural form of

conch Conch ( , , ) is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high Spire (mollusc), spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point on both ...

, a type of mollusk. It may also refer to:

Places in France

Conches-en-Ouche Conches-en-Ouche (, literally ''Conches in Ouche'') is a commune in the Eure '' département'' in northern France. Geography It is located by the Rouloir river, southwest of Évreux in the Normandy region. The town is located on a plateau kn ...

, a commune in the Eure département in northern France near Évreux **

Château de Conches-en-Ouche A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking reg ...

, a ruined castle in the commune of Conches-en-Ouche *

Conches-sur-Gondoire Conches-sur-Gondoire () is a commune on the Gondoire river in Brie, in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is roughly from Paris. Its remarkable sights include a monastery church of the 12th ...

, a commune on the Gondoire river in Brie, in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region near Paris *

Conques Conques (; Languedocien: ''Concas'') is a former commune in the Aveyron department in Southern France, in the Occitania region. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Conques-en-Rouergue. Geography The village is located at t ...

, a former commune in the Aveyron department in southern France, in the Midi-Pyrénées region, location of the famous abbey, now part of Conques-en-Rouergue

People

* Raoul IV de Conches born Ralph de Tosny (before 1080 – 1126), a Norman nobleman *

Isabel of Conches Isabel of Conches, (–1102) wife of Ralph of Tosny, rode armed like a knight during a conflict in northern France during the late 11th century and was born in Montfort sur Risle, Eure, Normandy, in 1057. Early life She was the daughter of Si ...

, wife of Ralph of Tosny *

William of Conches William of Conches (; ; ), historically sometimes anglicized as William Shelley, was a medieval Norman- French scholastic philosopher who sought to expand the bounds of Christian humanism by studying secular works of classical literature and fo ...

(c. 1090 – after 1154), French scholastic philosopher who sought to expand the bounds of Christian humanism by studying secular works of the classics and fostering empirical science *

Peter of Courtenay, Lord of Conches Peter of Courtenay ( ( – 1249 or 1250 in Egypt) was a French knight and a member of the Capetian House of Courtenay, a cadet line of the royal House of Capet. From 1239 until his death, he was the ruling Lord of ConchesConches is much more ...

(c. 1218 – 1249 or 1250), French knight and a member of the Capetian House of Courtenay, a cadet line of the royal House of Capet * Félix-Sébastien Feuillet de Conches (1798-1887), French diplomat, journalist, writer and collector

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People

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