Louveciennes

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).

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun ’s grave in Louveciennes. Her epitaph says " Ici, enfin, je repose... " (Here, at last, I rest...).