Solesmes, Sarthe
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Coordinates: 47°51′09″N 0°18′02″W / 47.8525°N 0.300555555556°W
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Commune of Solesmes |
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 St. Peter's Abbey |
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| Location | |
  Solesmes, Sarthe
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche |
| Canton | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Intercommunality | Sablé-sur-Sarthe |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 22–76 m (72–250 ft) |
| Land area1 | 11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,391 (2006) |
| - Density | 121 /km² (310 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72336/ 72300 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Solesmes is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in northwestern France.
It is located near Sablé.
The commune is almost entirely agricultural, but is especially noted as the site of the Benedictine St. Peter's Abbey, originally founded in 1010 and re-established by Dom Prosper Guéranger in 1833. A second abbey for women, St. Cecilia's Abbey, is also located here.
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
- St. Peter's Abbey official website
- A complete and practical method of the Solesmes plain chant Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection. {Reprinted by} Cornell University Library Digital Collections
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