Soligny-la-Trappe | |
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Coordinates: 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 | Mortagne-au-Perche |
Intercommunality | Pays de Mortagne au Perche |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Cortyl [1] |
Area 1 | 19.50 km2 (7.53 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 638 |
• Density | 33/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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.