Country France Department Haute-Loire Population (1999) 225 Area 17.54 km² | Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Canton Brioude-Sud Time zone CET (UTC+1) Arrondissement Brioude | |
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Lavaudieu is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Buildings include the Romanesque Lavaudieu Abbey, otherwise Lavaudieu Priory (Abbaye Saint-André de Lavaudieu), built by St Robert, the first abbot of La Chaise-Dieu, in the 11th century, which was at first a Benedictine priory, and later a house of secular canonesses from the Auvergnat nobility. It was raised to the status of abbey in 1719.
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Map of 43100 Lavaudieu, France
Geography
The village lies on the right bank of the Senouire, which flows westward through the commune.
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Lavaudieu Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA