Ars-sur-Formans

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Administration
Commune of Ars-sur-Formans
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Reyrieux
Statistics
Land area¹	5.50 km²
Population² (1999)	1,120
- Density (1999)	203.6/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	01021/ 01480
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Ars-sur-Formans is a French village (commune) located 25 miles (40 km) from Lyon, in the département of Ain. It has a population of 1,120.

[edit] History

St. Jean Vianney became famous internationally for his work in Ars-sur-Formans. Vianney was a parish priest in Ars-sur-Formans from 1818 to his death in 1859.

[Ars-sur-Formans Basilica:[1]]

[edit] See also

St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney (English: St. John Baptist Mary Vianney) (1786-1859), a Catholic saint and the patron saint of parish priests. He is often referred to, even in English, as the "Curé d'Ars" (the parish priest of the village of Ars).