Soligny-la-Trappe

Soligny-la-Trappe
The town hall in Soligny-la-Trappe
Location of Soligny-la-Trappe
Soligny-la-Trappe
Soligny-la-Trappe
Coordinates: 48°36′56″N 0°32′11″E / 48.6156°N 0.5364°E / 48.6156; 0.5364
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementMortagne-au-Perche
CantonMortagne-au-Perche
IntercommunalityPays de Mortagne au Perche
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Thierry Cortyl
Area
1
19.50 km2 (7.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
633
  Density32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61475 /61380
Elevation197–294 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.

Soligny-la-Trappe (French pronunciation: [sɔliɲi la tʁap] ) 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.