Country France Department Sarthe Intercommunality Sablé-sur-Sarthe Area 11.53 km² Arrondissement La Flèche | Region Pays de la Loire Canton Sablé-sur-Sarthe Population (2014) 1,229 Local time Sunday 7:04 AM | |
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Solesmes is a commune in the Sarthe department and Pays-de-la-Loire region of north-western France.
Map of 72300 Solesmes, France
Lying close to the small town of Sablé-sur-Sarthe and almost entirely agricultural in character, the commune is especially noted as the site of the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, founded in 1010, suppressed by the National Constituent Assembly in 1791, and re-established by Dom Prosper Guéranger in 1833. A second abbey for women, St Cecilia's, is also located here.
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Solesmes, Sarthe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA