Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes
The Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes is a former Trappist monastery located in Le Plantay in the Dombes region, in the Ain department of eastern France. It is now occupied by members of the Chemin Neuf movement.Photo: Frédérique Voisin-Demery, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église de l’abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes and Église Saint-Pierre du Plantay.
Église de l’abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes
Church
Église Saint-Pierre du Plantay
Church
War memorial of Le Plantay
Memorial
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
War memorial of Le Plantay is situated 2 km south of Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Nizier-le-Désert and Versailleux.
Saint-Nizier-le-Désert
Village
Versailleux
Village
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Versailleux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 23 February 2006 during the epidemic of avian influenza, a great number of turkeys died in a breeding of 11,000 animals, probably because of the virus H5N1. Versailleux is situated 6 km south of Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes.
Villars-les-Dombes
Village
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villars-les-Dombes is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as Villardois. Villars-les-Dombes is situated 7 km southwest of Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes.
Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes
- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey located in Ain, in France
- Categories: abbey, lieu-dit, and religion
- Location: Le Plantay, Arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.03821° or 46° 2′ 18″ northLongitude
5.09636° or 5° 5′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8FR723QW+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 245336724OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryWikidata ID
Q334079
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Abdij Notre-Dame-des-Dombes”
- French: “Abbaye de Notre-Dame des Dombes”
- French: “abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes du Plantay”
- French: “abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes”
- French: “Notre Dame des Dombes”
- French: “Notre-Dame des Dombes”
- French: “Notre-Dame-des-Dombes”
- German: “Abtei Notre-Dame des Dombes”
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