Mont Sainte-Odile

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Monastery at Mont Sainte-Odile
Monastery at Mont Sainte-Odile

Mont Sainte-Odile (German: Odilienberg) is a peak of the Vosges Mountains in Alsace in France. It has a monastery/convent at its top. The mountain is named for Saint Odile.

[edit] The Airbus crash

At 7:20 pm on 20 January 1992 an Air Inter Airbus A320 crashed on a ridge near Mont Sainte-Odile. There were 87 casualties and 9 survivors.

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Coordinates: 48°26′N 7°24′E / 48.433, 7.4