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List of Cistercian monasteries in France

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The following is a list of Cistercian monasteries in France, including current and former Cistercian abbeys, and a few priories, on the current territory of France, for both monks and nuns.

These religious houses have belonged, at different times, to various congregations or groups within the Cistercian order, among which the most important, for the French monasteries, are:

Many of these monasteries during the course of their existence have been both Cistercian and Benedictine: see also List of Benedictine monasteries in France.

The dates in brackets are those of the beginning and the end of a monastery's status as a Cistercian house, which may be different from its dates of foundation and suppression.

The names of currently active Cistercian abbeys and independent priories are in bold. Apart from a very few unusually significant ones, dependent priories no longer operational are not usually listed.

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  • Jau Abbey, also Clariana Abbey (Abbaye de Jau, Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Jau, Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Clariane, Santa Maria de Clariana), monks, diocese of Perpignan (Col de Jau, Mosset, Pyrénées-Orientales)
  • La Joie Abbey or Abbey of Notre-Dame-de-la-Joie (Abbaye de la Joie, Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Joye), nuns, diocese of Vannes (1252–1792) (Hennebont, Morbihan)
  • Abbey of La Joie-lès-Nemours (Abbaye de la Joie-lès-Nemours, Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Joie, Abbaye Sainte-Marie-lès-Nemours, Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Saussaie), nuns, diocese of Sens (1231–1751) (Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, Seine-et-Marne)
  • Abbey of La Joie-Notre-Dame (Abbaye de la Joie-Notre-Dame de Campénéac), nuns, diocese of Vannes (founded 1953, as successor to the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Bonne-Garde at Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, founded 1920) (Campénéac, Morbihan)
  • Jouy Abbey, monks, diocese of Sens, later Meaux (Chenoise, Seine-et-Marne)

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  • Saint-André-en-Gouffern Abbey, monks, diocese of Séez (La Hoguette, Calvados)
  • Abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs, nuns, diocese of Paris (Paris), now the Hôpital Saint-Antoine
  • Saint-Arnoult, otherwise Parfondeval (not an abbey but a grange of Froidmont Abbey), monks (Warluis, Oise)
  • Saint-Aubin-du-Bois Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Brieuc (Plédéliac, Côtes-d'Armor)
  • Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre Abbey, monks, diocese of Metz (Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre, Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel, Meuse)
  • Saint-Gelven, see Bon-Repos
  • Saint-Just Abbey, nuns, diocese of Vienne[69]
  • Abbey of Saint-Léonard des Chaumes (Abbaye Saint-Léonard de Chaumes), diocese of La Rochelle
  • Saint-Marcel Abbey, monks, diocese of Cahors (Réalville, Tarn-et-Garonne)
  • Saint-Paul-de-Beaurepaire Abbey, nuns, diocese of Vienne
  • Saint-Sigismond Abbey, nuns (Orthez, France)
  • Saint-Sulpice-en-Bugey Abbey, monks, diocese of Belley (Thézillieu, Ain)
  • Sainte-Acire Abbey (or Priory?) (Seine-Port, Seine-et-Marne)[70]
  • St. Catherine's Abbey, nuns, diocese of Geneva
  • St. Catherine's Abbey, Avignon, nuns, diocese of Avignon (Avignon)
  • Sainte-Croix Abbey, nuns, diocese of Apt
  • Sainte-Houlde Abbey (or Hoïlde or Hould): see Le Val d'Ornain
  • Les Salenques Abbey (also known as Abondance-Dieu Abbey) (Les Bordes-sur-Arize, Ariège)
  • Salvane or Silvanis Abbey, see Sylvanès
  • Saubalade Abbey or Sauvelade Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saubalade or Sauvelade), monks, diocese of Lescar (founded 1127) (Sauvelade, Pyrénées-Atlantiques)[71]
  • Sauvebénite or Sauvebenoite Abbey, nuns, diocese of Le Puy
  • Le Sauvoir Abbey, nuns, diocese of Laon
  • Savigny Abbey, monks, diocese of Avranches (Savigny-le-Vieux, Manche)
  • Scellières Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scellières), monks, diocese of Troyes (1168-?) (Romilly-sur-Seine, Aube)
  • Selles Abbey, formerly Celles Abbey (Abbaye de Selles-sur-Cher), monks (previously Canons Regular; Feuillants, 1613–1791), diocese of Bourges (Selles-sur-Cher, Loir-et-Cher)
  • Sénanque Abbey (Abbaye de Sénanque or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque), monks (Gordes, Vaucluse)[72]
  • Sept-Fons Abbey (Abbaye de Sept-Fons or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sept-Fons), monks, diocese of Autun (Dompierre-sur-Besbre, Allier)[73]
  • Signy Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Signy), monks, diocese of Reims (Signy-l'Abbaye, Ardennes)
  • Silvacane Abbey, also Sauvecanne Abbey, monks (1144–1450) (La Roque-d'Anthéron, Bouches-du-Rhône)
  • Soligny, see La Trappe
  • Sturzelbronn Abbey, monks, diocese of Metz (Sturzelbronn, Moselle)
  • Sylvanès Abbey (otherwise Silvanès Abbey, Silvanis Abbey or Salvane Abbey) (1136–1789) (Sylvanès, Aveyron)[74]

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  • Ubexy Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Joseph d'Ubexy), Trappistine nuns (founded 1841; priory from 1847; abbey from 1878; dissolved 2012, when the remaining nuns transferred to Igny Abbey) (Ubexy, Vosges)[79]
  • Ulmet Abbey, also known as Aumet Abbey (Abbaye d'Ulmet or d'Aumet), monks, diocese of Arles (founded 1173; community mostly moved to Sylvéréal Abbey in the third quarter of the 13th century; finally abandoned in 1437) (in the Camargue, commune of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône; the ruins, near the Étang de Fournelet, are now included in the Réserve naturelle nationale de Camargue)

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See also

References

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  2. Back to citation Aiguebelle Abbey website
  3. Back to citation Altbronn Abbey website (archived 25 July 2011)
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  7. Back to citation "Association culturelle de l'abbaye de Beaulieu en Rouergue - centre d'art".
  8. Back to citation Fondation Bon Sauveur website: Bégard Abbey
  9. Back to citation Website of the present community at Bellaigue, including a page on the Cistercian abbey Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Back to citation Bellefontaine Abbey official website
  11. Back to citation "Website of the Abbaye de Belval Association". Archived from the original on 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  12. Back to citation "Abbaye de Belval - archived website 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
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  14. Back to citation "Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours".
  15. Back to citation latterly occupied by the Communauté des Béatitudes
  16. Back to citation Bonneval, Communauté de. "Abbaye cistercienne Notre-Dame de Bonneval".
  17. Back to citation "Accueil - Abbaye de Bonport".
  18. Back to citation Bon-Repos Abbey website
  19. Back to citation Boulaur Abbey website Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  20. Back to citation Abbaye de Bricquebec website
  21. Back to citation now a hotel
  22. Back to citation "Abbaye cistercienne Lachalade".
  23. Back to citation "Abbaye de Chambarand".
  24. Back to citation Champagne Abbey website (now a farm hotel)
  25. Back to citation "Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cîteaux".
  26. Back to citation "La page de l'abbayes de Clairlieu". Archived from the original on 2001-11-19. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
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  35. Back to citation Fontmorigny Abbey website Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
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  40. Back to citation Indre.fr: Abbaye Notre-Dame du Landais
  41. Back to citation "amis-de-leoncel.com".
  42. Back to citation "Abbaye de Lérins".
  43. Back to citation transferred from Vergy to Beaune
  44. Back to citation "Abbaye de Longpont France Aisne".
  45. Back to citation the village is Longvilliers; the abbey is Longvilliers or Longvillers
  46. Back to citation Latin: Bona requies Beatae Mariae, according to Jacques-Paul Migne, third and last theological encyclopaedia, volume 16, 1856; Marquette et l'Abbaye du Réclinatoire ou Bon-Repos de Notre-Dame, C S J Spriet, 1890
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  48. Back to citation Website of Saint Mesmin's Abbey, Micy, now occupied by the Micy Carmel
  49. Back to citation united with Cîteaux in 1619
  50. Back to citation Puy-Guillaume website: Montpeyroux Abbey Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  51. Back to citation Moreilles Abbey Restoration website
  52. Back to citation Mortemer Abbey website
  53. Back to citation no connection to the village of Monchy-le-Preux, Pas-de-Calais
  54. Back to citation Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Neiges website}
  55. Back to citation "Abbaye de Noirlac". Archived from the original on 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  56. Back to citation "Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Oelenberg - Ordre Cistercien de la Stricte Observance (Trappistes), au diocèse de Strasbourg (Alsace)".
  57. Back to citation "Histoire de l'Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ourscamp - Serviteurs de Jésus et de Marie".
  58. Back to citation transferred from Beauvais to Paris in 1670-71
  59. Back to citation founded 1987; Bernardines' website: Le Touvet Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
  60. Back to citation "Pontigny Abbey website".
  61. Back to citation Website of the Musée national de Port-Royal-des-Champs
  62. Back to citation "Abbaye Notre-Dame du Port du Salut".
  63. Back to citation founded as a hermitage in 1104; became Cistercian in 1128
  64. Back to citation "Accueil - Abbaye de Reigny".
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  66. Back to citation Boulaur Abbey website: Rieunette Priory Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
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  68. Back to citation "ROYAUMONT - abbaye & fondation - Accueil".
  69. Back to citation Ulysse Chevalier: Notices historiques sur l'abbaye de Saint-Just et sur le monastère de Sainte-Ursule in Bulletin de la Société Archéologique du Drôme 8, 1874
  70. Back to citation transferred to Barbeau Abbey: see also the Château de Sainte-Assise built on the site
  71. Back to citation Pierre de Marca, 1640: Histoire de Bearn: concernant l'origine des rois de Navarre, etc
  72. Back to citation "Sénanque accueil".
  73. Back to citation "index".
  74. Back to citation "Abbaye de Sylvanès - Accueil".
  75. Back to citation Tamié Abbey website
  76. Back to citation very close to Cîteaux; first Cistercian nunnery, and motherhouse of the Cistercian nuns; transferred to Dijon in 1626
  77. Back to citation Diocese of Vannes website: Timadeuc Abbey Archived 2008-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
  78. Back to citation Jürgen Klötgen, "L'Abbaye de Tyronneau - Notice historique pour servir à la mémoire des cisterciens dans le Maine", in Revue Historique et Archéologique du Maine, Le Mans, 1990
  79. Back to citation "Ubexy Abbey website". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13.
  80. Back to citation "Abbaye du Val des Choues: Musée-Opéra de la Vénerie".
  81. Back to citation "L'Abbaye - Abbaye de Valloires". Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  82. Back to citation "Abbaye de Valmagne - Abbaye cistercienne, jardins, produits bio, vins bio, salle de réceptions". Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  83. Back to citation Vauluisant Abbey website
  84. Back to citation "Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay - Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay".
  85. Back to citation Gueit, Christian. "L'ABBAYE de VIGNOGOUL".
  86. Back to citation Villeneuve Abbey website (now a hotel and restaurant)
  87. Back to citation "Abbaye de Villers-Bettnach (archived)". Archived from the original on 2011-09-01.
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