- Solesmes, Sarthe
French commune
nomcommune=Solesmes
région=Pays de la Loire
département=Sarthe
arrondissement=La Flèche
canton=Sablé-sur-Sarthe
insee= 72336
cp= 72300
maire=
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Sablé-sur-Sarthe
longitude=-0.300555555556
latitude=47.8525
alt moy=
alt mini= 22
alt maxi= 76
hectares= 1,153
km²= 11.53
sans= 1,425
date-sans=1999
dens= 123.59
date-dens=1999Solesmes is a small town and commune of the
Sarthe "département", inFrance , located nearSablé .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 byDom Prosper Guéranger in 1833. A second abbey for women, St. Cecilia's Abbey , is also located here.External links
* [http://www.solesmes.com/GB/entree.php?js=1 St. Peter's Abbey official website]
* [http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cdl;idno=cdl326 A complete and practical method of the Solesmes plain chant] Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection. {Reprinted by} [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1429741392/?tag=corneunivelib-20 Cornell University Library Digital Collections]
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