Soligny-la-Trappe
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Location within Lower Normandy region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Mortagne-au-Perche |
| Canton | Bazoches-sur-Hoëne |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Bassin de Mortagne-au-Perche |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Michel Bréard |
| Area1 | 19.50 km2 (7.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 708 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (94/sq mi) |
| 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. | |
File:Abbaye de la trappe soligny.jpg
Notre-Dame de La Trappe Abbey
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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