Ars-sur-Formans

Infobox Commune de France
nomcommune=Ars-sur-Formans
région=Rhône-Alpes
département=Ain
arrondissement=Bourg-en-Bresse
canton=Reyrieux
insee=01021
cp=01480
maire=Patrick Duvivier
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm= Porte ouest de la Dombes
longitude=4.82361111111
latitude=45.9927777778
alt moy=240 m
alt mini=226
alt maxi=281 m
hectares=550
km²=5.5
sans=1102
date-sans=1999
dens=200|

Ars-sur-Formans is a commune located 25 miles (40 km) from Lyon in the department of Ain in eastern France.

History

St. Jean Vianney became famous internationally for his work in Ars-sur-Formans. Vianney was a parish priest in Ars-sur-Formans from 1818 to his death in 1859.

[http://ladombes.free.fr/images/Les%20eglises/Eglise_basilique_Ars_vrai.jpgArs-sur-Formans Basilica]

ee also

* St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney (English: St. John Baptist Mary Vianney) (1786-1859), a Catholic saint and the patron saint of parish priests. He is often referred to, even in English, as the "Curé d'Ars" (the parish priest of the village of Ars).