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Lavaudieu
Lavaudieu
is a
commune
in the
Haute-Loire
department
in south-central
France
.
Geography
The village
lies
on the
right bank
of the
Senouire
, which flows
west
through the commune.
Population
Sights
Romanesque Lavaudieu
Abbey
,
otherwise
Lavaudieu
Priory
, built by
St Robert
, the first abbot of
La Chaise-Dieu
, in the
11th century
, which was at first a
Benedictine
priory
, and later a
house of
secular canonesses from the Auvergnat
nobility
. It was
raised
to the
status
of
abbey
in 1719.
