Soligny-la-Trappe
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Soligny-la-Trappe (Script error: No such module "IPA".) 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.
Geography
The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.[2]
The commune contains within its borders the source of the river Sarthe.[3]
Points of interest
National heritage sites
- La Trappe Abbey classified as Monument historique in 1975, has been here since 1147-1148.[4]
Notable people
- Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé (1626–1700) an abbot of La Trappe Abbey and the founder of the Trappists, died here.[5]
- François Doubin - (1933 – 2019) a French politician and cabinet minister who is buried here.[6]
See also
References
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