Noirlac Abbey
Noirlac Abbey is a Cistercian monastery located in the commune of Bruère-Allichamps, near Saint-Amand-Montrond, in the Cher department of central France. The first buildings were constructed in 1150 by monks from Clairvaux Abbey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: abbey located in Cher, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye de Noirlac”
- Address: Bruère-Allichamps
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint-Amand-Montrond - Orval train station and Château de Montrond.
Saint-Amand-Montrond - Orval train station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint-Amand-Montrond - Orval train station is a railway station, which is situated 3 km southeast of Noirlac Abbey.
Château de Montrond
Castle
Photo: Julien Descloux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Château de Montrond is a ruined castle in the commune of Saint-Amand-Montrond in the Cher département of France. Château de Montrond is situated 3½ km southeast of Noirlac Abbey.
Église Saint-Paxent de Nozières
Church
Photo: Julien Descloux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Paxent de Nozières is a church, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Noirlac Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orval and Saint-Amand-Montrond.
Orval
Village
Photo: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orval is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Orval is situated 2½ km southeast of Noirlac Abbey.
Saint-Amand-Montrond
Town
Saint-Amand-Montrond is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France and the historical province of Bourbonnais about 26 miles southeast of Bourges, in the basin of the eastern banks of the Cher which separates it from the commune of Orval. Saint-Amand-Montrond is situated 4 km southeast of Noirlac Abbey.
Drevant
Village
Photo: KoS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drevant is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Drevant is situated 7 km southeast of Noirlac Abbey.
Noirlac Abbey
- Categories: Cistercian monastery, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bruère-Allichamps, Arrondissement of Saint-Claude, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.74527° or 46° 44′ 43″ northLongitude
2.46124° or 2° 27′ 40″ eastOpen location code
8FR4PFW6+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 282938779OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q776244
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Spanish—“Noirlac Abbey” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Klášter Noirlac”
- Dutch: “Abbaye de Noirlac”
- Esperanto: “Abatejo de Noirlac”
- French: “abbaye de Noirlac”
- French: “Abbaye de Noirlac”
- German: “Kloster Noirlac”
- Italian: “abbazia di Noirlac”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Noirlac”
- Latin: “Nigerlacus”
- Russian: “Нуарлак”
- Slovak: “Kláštor Noirlac”
- Spanish: “abadia de Noirlac”
- Spanish: “abadía de Noirlac”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Noirlac”
- “abbaye de Noirlac”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Noirlac Abbey”. Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.