Ars-sur-Formans
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.
Ars-sur-Formans Media
- Vialatte - AMBERIEU - Gare des Tramways de Cerdon et Ars.JPG
The town was served by a metre-gauge Tramway from 1897 to 1951, from Ambérieu and Cerdon
- Mairie d'Ars-sur-Formans.JPG
Mairie d'Ars-sur-Formans.
- Monument aux morts d'Ars.JPG
Monument aux morts d'Ars.
- Entrée de l'escalier conduisant à l'église souterraine de Notre-Dame-de-la-Miséricorde.JPG
Entrance to the underground Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Miséricorde
- Église souterraine de Notre-Dame-de-la-Miséricorde (Ars-sur-Formans) - escalier.JPG
Staircase to the underground Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Miséricorde