Louveciennes (French pronunciation: [luv(ə)sjɛn] ⓘ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, the most famous female painter of the 18th century, is buried at the Cimetière de Louveciennes near her old home.
Anaïs Nin was a popular Cuban novelist born in Neuilly, an area in Paris and lived in Louveciennes from 1930 to 1936 at 2 bis, rue Montbuisson.
[4] Marshal Joseph Joffre, the commander of the French Army at the start of the First World War, built a property, La Châtaigneraie, at Louveciennes, and is buried in its garden.
[6] Orchestra conductor Charles Munch resided in Louveciennes at Place Emile Dreux, in the village of Voisins during the last decade of his life (1958–68).