Solesmes, Sarthe

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Solesmes

(2020–2026) Pascal Lelièvre^[1]Area

11.53 km² (4.45 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,221 • Density110/km² (270/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

72336 /72300

Elevation22–76 m (72–249 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Solesmes (French pronunciation: [sɔlɛm]) is a commune in the Sarthe department and Pays de la Loire region of north-western 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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solesmes, Sarthe.

St. Peter's Abbey official website
A complete and practical method of the Solesmes plain chant Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection.