Soligny-la-Trappe

Soligny-la-Trappe
Commune
The town hall in Soligny-la-Trappe
Location of Soligny-la-Trappe
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Coordinates: 48°36′56″N 0°32′11″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Mortagne-au-Perche
Intercommunality	Pays de Mortagne au Perche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Cortyl[1]
Area ^1	19.50 km^2 (7.53 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	638
• Density	33/km^2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Notre-Dame de La Trappe Abbey

Soligny-la-Trappe (French pronunciation: [sɔliɲi la tʁap] ^ⓘ) 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.^[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

• Communes of the Orne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2512004 - Forêts et étangs du Perche - Description".
4. "Couvent de la Trappe à Soligny-la-Trappe - PA00110953". monumentum.fr.
5. "Library of Congress LCCN Permalink n82139066". lccn.loc.gov.
6. "61 - PATRIMOINE FUNERAIRE DE L'ORNE : Etat des lieux - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs". www.landrucimetieres.fr.

External links

• Official Web site