Soligny-la-Trappe
Soligny-la-Trappe | |
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Soligny-la-Trappe | |
Location within Normandy region Soligny-la-Trappe | |
Coordinates: 48°36′56″N 0°32′11″E / 48.6156°N 0.5364°ECoordinates: 48°36′56″N 0°32′11″E / 48.6156°N 0.5364°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Canton | Bazoches-sur-Hoëne |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Bassin de Mortagne-au-Perche |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Michel Bréard |
Area1 | 19.50 km2 (7.53 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 708 |
• Density | 36/km2 (94/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61475 / 61380 |
Elevation |
197–294 m (646–965 ft) (avg. 267 m or 876 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Soligny-la-Trappe is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Soligny-la-Trappe is the location of La Trappe Abbey, where the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, or Trappists, was founded in 1664 by a converted courtier named Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé.
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