Country France Department Orne Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 694 (1999) | Region Normandy Canton Bazoches-sur-Hoëne Area 19.5 km² Arrondissement Mortagne-au-Perche | |
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Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Bassin de Mortagne-au-Perche | ||
Soligny-la-Trappe is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Map of 61380 Soligny-la-Trappe, 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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