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Basilica of Ars-sur-Formans
Blason de la ville de Ars-sur-Formans (Ain)
Coat of arms

Ars-sur-Formans is a commune. It is found in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the Ain department in the east of France. In 2009, 1,326 people lived in the commune. The inhabitants are the Arsois. The most important monuments in the commune are the Ars basilica, built in 1862, and the Presbytère du curé d'Ars, located at the side of the basilica, and which contains a relic (his heart) of Jean-Marie Vianney, curé of Ars in the 19th century. The commune is twinned with Freihalden in Germany since 1977.


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  • Vialatte - AMBERIEU - Gare des Tramways de Cerdon et Ars

    The town was served by a metre-gauge Tramway from 1897 to 1951, from Ambérieu and Cerdon

  • Mairie d'Ars-sur-Formans

    The Town Hall

  • Monument aux morts d'Ars

    The War Memorial

  • Entrée de l'escalier conduisant à l'église souterraine de Notre-Dame-de-la-Miséricorde

    Entrance to the underground Notre-Dame-de-la-Miséricorde

  • Église souterraine de Notre-Dame-de-la-Miséricorde (Ars-sur-Formans) - escalier

    Staircase to the underground Notre-Dame-de-la-Miséricorde

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