List of Cistercian monasteries in France

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:

• the Cistercians of the Common Observance, including the Cistercian Congregation of the Immaculate Conception;
• the Congregation of the Feuillants (1592–1791) (the Feuillants and Feuillantines)
• the Trappists (Cistercians of the Strict Observance, otherwise known as the Reformed Cistercians)
• the Bernardines

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.

A

• Abbaye-aux-Bois, nuns, diocese of Paris (1202–1792) (Rue de Sèvres and Rue de la Chaise, Paris, 1654–1792; founded 1202 as Notre-Dame-aux-Bois ("Our Lady of the Wood") at Ognolles, Oise, diocese of Noyon)
• Abondance Abbey, monks, diocese of Geneva (Feuillants: 1607-1761) (Abondance, Haute-Savoie)
• Acey Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Claude (1938-) (Vitreux, Jura) ^[1]
• Aiguebelle Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Montjoyer, Drôme) ^[2]
• Altbronn Abbey, nuns (Ergersheim, Bas-Rhin) ^[3]
• L'Amour-Dieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (1232–1791) (Troissy, Marne)
• Ardorel Abbey (or Arborel Abbey), monks, diocese of Castres (Payrin-Augmontel, Tarn) ^[4]
• Argensolles Abbey (or Argensoles Abbey), nuns, diocese of Soissons (1124-?) (Moslins, Marne)
• Arques Abbey, nuns, diocese of Rouen (Arques-la-Bataille, Seine-Maritime)
• Aubazine, see Obazine
• Aubepierre Abbey, monks, diocese of Limoges (1149-?) (Méasnes, Creuse)
• Auberive Abbey, monks, diocese of Langres (Auberive, Haute-Marne) ^[5]
• Aubeterre Abbey, diocese of Périgueux (Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Charente)^[6]
• Aubignac Abbey, monks, diocese of Bourges (1162–1790) (Saint-Sébastien, Creuse)
• Aulps Abbey, monks, diocese of Geneva, later diocese of Annecy (from 1822) (1093–1792) (Saint-Jean-d'Aulps, Chablais, Haute-Savoie) ^[7]
• Aumet Abbey, see Ulmet
• Aumône Abbey (known as the Petit-Cîteaux), monks, diocese of Chartres (1121–1622), later Blois (1697–1801) (1121-?) (La Colombe, Loir-et-Cher)
• Aunay-sur-Odon Abbey (also known as Aulnay Abbey), monks, diocese of Bayeux (1131-?) (Aunay-sur-Odon, Calvados)
• Ayes Abbey, nuns, diocese of Grenoble (Crolles, Isère)

B

• Balerne Abbey, in Franche-Comté, monks, diocese of Besançon, later diocese of Saint-Claude (Mont-sur-Monnet, Jura)
• Barbeau Abbey (also known as Barbeaux Abbey), monks, diocese of Sens (1147–1793) (Fontaine-le-Port, Seine-et-Marne)
• Barbery Abbey, monks, diocese of Bayeux (Barbery and Bretteville-sur-Laize, Calvados)
• Barzelle Abbey (also Barzelles Abbey), monks, diocese of Bourges (Poulaines, Indre)
• Battant Abbey, nuns, diocese of Besançon (Besançon, Doubs)
• Baumgarten Abbey (?-1525) (Bernardvillé, Bas-Rhin)
• Beaubec Abbey, monks, diocese of Rouen (Beaubec-la-Rosière, Seine-Maritime)
• Beaugerais Abbey, monks, diocese of Tours (Loché-sur-Indrois, Indre-et-Loire)
• Beaulieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Langres (Hortes, Haute-Amance, Haute-Marne)
• Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey, also known as Belloc Abbey, monks, diocese of Rodez (Ginals, Tarn-et-Garonne)^[8]
• Beaupré Abbey, monks, diocese of Beauvais (1135-?1791) (Achy, Oise)
• Beaupré Abbey, diocese of Toul (1135–1790), later Nancy (Moncel-lès-Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle)
• Beaupré Abbey (also known as Beaupré-sur-la-Lys Abbey), nuns, diocese of Saint-Omer (La Gorgue, Nord)
• Beauvoir Abbey, nuns, diocese of Bourges (Marmagne, Cher)
• Beauvoir Abbey, monks, diocese of Castres
• Bégard Abbey, monks, diocese of Tréguier (Bégard, Côtes-d'Armor) ^[9]
• Bellaigue Abbey, monks, diocese of Clermont (Virlet, Puy-de-Dôme)^[10]
• Belleau Abbey, from 1510 Belleau Priory (otherwise Belle Eau or Belle-Eau), nuns (Villeneuve-la-Lionne, Marne)
• Bellebranche Abbey, monks, diocese of Le Mans (Saint-Brice, Mayenne)
• Bellecombe Abbey, nuns, diocese of Le Puy (Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire)
• Bellefontaine Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bellefontaine), Trappist monks (Bégrolles-en-Mauges, Maine-et-Loire)
• Belleperche Abbey, monks, diocese of Montauban (Cordes-Tolosannes, Tarn-et-Garonne)
• Bellevaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Besançon (Cirey, Haute-Saône)
• Belloc Abbey, see Beaulieu-en-Rouergues
• Belmont Abbey, nuns (Belmont, Haute-Marne)
• Belval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Belval), nuns (formerly Troisvaux, Pas-de-Calais, now Saint Pol sur Ternoise) ^[11]
• Bénisson-Dieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Lyon (La Bénisson-Dieu, Loire) ^[12]
• Bénisson-Dieu Abbey (also known as Nisors or Nizors Abbey), monks, diocese of Comminges (1184-?) (Boulogne-sur-Gesse, Haute-Garonne)
• Berdoues Abbey (also known as Berdouès Abbey), diocese of Auch (Berdoues, Gers)
• Le Betton Abbey, nuns, diocese of Maurienne (Betton-Bettonet, Savoie)
• Biache Abbey, nuns, diocese of Noyon (Biache-Saint-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais)
• Billon Abbey (Abbaye de Billon, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Billon), monks, archdiocese of Besançon (Chenecey-Buillon, Doubs)
• Bithaine Abbey, monks, diocese of Besançon (Adelans-et-le-Val-de-Bithaine, Haute-Saône)
• Bival Abbey, nuns, diocese of Rouen (Nesle-Hodeng, Seine-Maritime)
• La Blanche en Noirmoutier Abbey, diocese of Luçon (Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, Vendée)
• Les Blanches Abbey (or Blanche Abbey), nuns, diocese of Avranches (Mortain, Manche)
• Blauvac Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bon Secours de Blauvac), nuns, diocese of Avignon (1927-) (Blauvac, Vaucluse) ^[13]
• Blendecques Abbey (also known as Blandecques Abbey), nuns, diocese of Saint-Omer (Blendecques, Pas-de-Calais)
• Bohéries Abbey, monks, diocese of Laon (Bohéries, later Vadencourt-et-Bohéries, nowadays Vadencourt, Aisne)
• Bois-Grolland Abbey, diocese of Luçon (Poiroux, Vendée)
• La Boissière Abbey, monks, diocese of Angers (Dénezé-sous-le-Lude, Maine-et-Loire)
• Bon-Repos Abbey (Laniscat, Côtes-d'Armor) ^[14]
• Bondeville Abbey, nuns, diocese of Rouen (priory to 1657, thereafter royal abbey to 1790) (Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville, Seine-Maritime)
• Bonlieu Abbey (also known as Carbonblanc Abbey), monks, diocese of Bordeaux (Carbon-Blanc, Gironde)
• Bonlieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Limoges (Peyrat-la-Nonière, Creuse)
• Bonlieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Geneva (Sallenôves, Haute-Savoie)
• Bonlieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Le Mans (Dissay-sous-Courcillon, Sarthe)
• Bonlieu Abbey, diocese of Valence (Bonlieu-sur-Roubion, Drôme)
• Bonlieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Lyon (Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse, Loire)
• Bonnaigue Abbey (sometimes Bonne-Aigue Abbey), monks, diocese of Limoges (Saint-Fréjoux, Corrèze)
• Bonnecombe Abbey, monks or nuns, diocese of Rodez (1166-? and 1875–1965) (Comps-la-Grand-Ville, Aveyron) ^[15]
• Bonnefont Abbey, monks, diocese of Comminges (Proupiary, Haute-Garonne)
• Bonnefontaine Abbey, monks, diocese of Reims (Blanchefosse, later Blanchefosse-et-Bay, Ardennes)
• Bonneval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bonneval), monks then nuns, diocese of Rodez (Espalion then Le Cayrol, Aveyron) ^[16]
• Bonnevaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Poitiers (Marçay, Vienne)
• Bonnevaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Vienne (Saint-Jean-de-Bournay, Isère)
• Bonport Abbey, monks, diocese of Évreux (Pont-de-l'Arche, Eure) ^[17]
• Bons Abbey, nuns, diocese of Belley (Chazey-Bons, Ain)
• Boquen Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Brieuc (Plénée-Jugon, Côtes-d'Armor)
• Boschaud Abbey (also known as Bouchaud Abbey), diocese of Périgueux (Villars, Dordogne)
• Bouchet Abbey (also known as Vauluisant Abbey), monks, diocese of Clermont (Bouchet, Drôme)
• Bouillas Abbey, diocese of Auch (Sainte-Radegonde, Gers)
• Boulancourt Abbey, nuns, diocese of Troyes (Longeville-sur-la-Laines, Haute-Marne)
• Boulaur Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Boulaur), nuns (Boulaur, Gers) ^[18]
• Boulbonne Abbey, monks, diocese of Mirepoix (Cintegabelle, Haute-Garonne)
• Bournet Abbey or Le Bournet Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Assomption du Bournet), monks (Benedictine 1113-1125, Cistercian 1125-15th century, Benedictine 15th century onwards) diocese of Angoulême (Courgeac, Charente)
• Bourras Abbey, monks, diocese of Auxerre (Saint-Malo-en-Donziois, Nièvre)
• Brayelle-les-Aunoy Abbey or Brayelle Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cambrai (Annay-sous-Lens, Pas-de-Calais)
• Le Breuil-Benoît Abbey, monks, diocese of Évreux (Marcilly-sur-Eure, Eure)
• Bricquebec Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de Bricquebec), monks (abbey since 1836) (Bricquebec, Manche) ^[19]
• Bueil Abbey, monks, diocese of Limoges (Bueil, Eure)
• Buillon, see Billon
• La Bussière Abbey, monks, diocese of Autun (1130-French Revolution) (La Bussière-sur-Ouche, Côte-d'Or) ^[20]
• Bussières Abbey, or Bussières-les-Nonains Abbey, nuns, diocese of Bourges (Saint-Désiré, Allier)
• Buzay Abbey, monks, diocese of Nantes (Rouans, Loire-Atlantique)

C

• Cadouin Abbey, monks, diocese of Sarlat (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, Dordogne)
• Calers Abbey, monks, diocese of Rieux (Gaillac-Toulza, Haute-Garonne)
• Cambron Abbey, monks, diocese of Cambrai
• Campénéac Abbey (Abbaye de la Joie-Notre-Dame de Campénéac), nuns, diocese of Vannes (Campénéac, Morbihan)
• Candeil Abbey, diocese of Albi (Labessière-Candeil, Tarn)
• Carnoët Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Carnoët, latterly Abbaye Saint-Maurice de Carnoët), monks, diocese of Quimper (Clohars-Carnoët, Finistère)
• Carpentras Abbey, diocese of Carpentras
• Castagniers Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Paix de Castagniers), nuns (1865-), diocese of Nice (Castagniers, Alpes-Maritimes)
• Celle-sur-Cher Abbey, monks, diocese of Bourges ^[21]
• Cercamp Abbey, monks, diocese of Amiens (Frévent, Pas-de-Calais)
• Cercanceaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Sens (Souppes-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne)
• Chaalis Abbey, monks, diocese of Senlis (Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise)
• La Chalade Abbey, diocese of Verdun (Lachalade, Meuse) ^[22]
• Chalivoy Abbey or Chalivois Abbey, monks, diocese of Bourges (Herry, Cher)
• Chaloché Abbey, monks, diocese of Angers (Chaumont-d'Anjou and Corzé, Maine-et-Loire)
• Chambarand Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Chambarand), monks, then nuns (Roybon, Isère) ^[23]
• Les Chambons Abbey, monks, diocese of Viviers, (Borne, Ardèche)
• Champagne Abbey, monks, diocese of Le Mans (1188-?) (Rouez-en-Champagne, Sarthe) ^[24]
• Abbaye de la Charité, monks, diocese of Besançon
• Abbaye de la Charité-lès-Lézines, see Lézinnes
• La Charmoye Abbey or La Charmoie Abbey, monks, diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (Montmort-Lucy, Marne)
• Charon Abbey or Charron Abbey diocese of La Rochelle (Charron, Charente-Maritime)
• Chassagne Abbey, monks, diocese of Lyon (Crans, Ain)
• Abbaye des Châteliers (or des Châtelliers): see Ré
• Châtillon Abbey (also known as Chastillon Abbey), diocese of Verdun (?-1791) (Pillon, Meuse)
• Chaumes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Léonard de Chaumes), diocese of La Rochelle (Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime)
• Cheminon Abbey, monks, diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (Cheminon, Marne)
• Cherlieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Besançon (1131–1791) (Montigny-lès-Cherlieu, Haute-Saône)
• Chéry Abbey (also known as Chéhéry, or Chéery), monks, diocese of Reims (Chatel-Chéhéry, Ardennes)
• Chézery Abbey (also known as Chesery or Chézery-Mont-Sainte-Marie), monks, diocese of Belley, later diocese of Geneva, later diocese of Annecy (1140-?) (Chézery-Forens, Ain)
• Cîteaux Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cîteaux) (Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, Côte-d'Or) ^[25]
• Claire-Fontaine Abbey, monks, diocese of Besançon
• Les Clairets Abbey, nuns, diocese of Chartres (Mâle, Orne)
• Clairlieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Nancy (Villers-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle) ^[26]
• Clairmarais Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Omer (Clairmarais, Pas-de-Calais)
• Clermont Abbey (also known as Clairmont Abbey), monks, diocese of Le Mans (1132–1794) (Olivet, since 1874 Port-Brillet, Mayenne)
• Clairvaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Langres (Ville-sous-la-Ferté, Aube)
• La Clarté-Dieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Tours (Saint-Paterne-Racan, Indre-et-Loire) ^[27]
• Coatmalouen Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Coatmalouen), monks, diocese of Quimper (Saint-Gilles-Pligeaux)
• La Colombe Abbey, monks, diocese of Limoges (Tilly, Indre)
• La Coudre Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Coudre), nuns (Laval, Mayenne) ^[28]
• La Cour-Dieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Orléans (Ingrannes, Loiret)
• La Crête Abbey (also known as La Creste Abbez), monks, diocese of Langres (Bourdons-sur-Rognon, Haute-Marne)
• Cuxa Abbey (also known as Cuixá Abbey) (1919–1965) (Codalet, Pyrénées-Orientales)

D

• Dalon Abbey, monks, diocese of Limoges (Sainte-Trie, Dordogne)
• Le Désert Abbey (Abbaye du Désert or Abbaye Sainte-Marie du Désert), monks (1861-) (Bellegarde-Sainte-Marie, Haute-Garonne) ^[29]
• Divielle Abbey (1869–1932), monks (Goos, Landes)
• Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes or Dombes Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes), Trappist monks (1863–2001), afterwards taken over by the Community of the Chemin Neuf (Le Plantay, Ain)
• Droiteval Abbey, nuns (1128-?), later a priory of monks, diocese of Toul, later diocese of Saint-Dié (Claudon, Vosges)

E

• Eau Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Eau, Abbaye d'Eau-lès-Chartres), nuns, diocese of Chartres (Ver-lès-Chartres, Eure-et-Loir)
• Eaunes Abbey (Abbaye d'Eaunes, Abbaye de la Clarté-Dieu d'Eaunes), monks, diocese of Toulouse, (Eaunes, Haute-Garonne)
• Échourgnac Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance d'Échourgnac), nuns (Échourgnac, Dordogne) ^[30]
• Élan Abbey, monks, diocese of Reims (Élan, Ardennes)
• L'Épau Abbey (also known as the Abbaye de la Piété-Dieu or de la Pitié-Dieu), monks, diocese of Le Mans (Le Mans, Sarthe)
• Escaladieu Abbey or L'Escaladieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Tarbes (Bonnemazon, Hautes-Pyrénées)
• Eschaalis Abbey, monks, diocese of Sens
• L'Esclache Abbey, nuns, diocese of Clermont
• Escuray Abbey, monks, diocese of Toul
• Espagne Abbey, nuns, diocese of Amiens
• Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Espérance, nuns, diocese of Dax
• Espinlieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cambrai
• L'Estrée Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Estrée), nuns, diocese of Évreux
• L'Étanche Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de L'Étanche), nuns, diocese of Toul (Rollainville, Vosges)
• L'Étoile Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Étoile) (Archigny, Vienne) ^[31]

F

• Fabas Abbey, see La Lum-Dieu
• La Faise Abbey (or La Faire Abbey), monks, diocese of Bordeaux
• Féniers Abbey (also known as Le Vallonnette Abbey), monks, diocese of Clermont
• La Ferté Abbey (1113–1791) (La Ferté-sur-Grosne, Saint-Ambreuil, Saône-et-Loire) ^[32]
• Fervaques Abbey (also known as Fontsomme or Fonsommes Abbey), nuns, diocese of Noyon, later diocese of Soissons (Fonsommes, Aisne)
• Les Feuillants Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame des Feuillants, des Feuillans or de Feuillant), diocese of Rieux, later diocese of Toulouse (Labastide-Clermont, Haute-Garonne)
• Flaran Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Flaran), monks, diocese of Auch (1151-?) (Valence-sur-Baïse, Gers)
• Flines Abbey, nuns, diocese of Arras (Flines-lez-Raches, Nord)
• Foigny Abbey, monks, diocese of Laon (La Bouteille, Aisne)
• Font de Nîmes Abbey, nuns, diocese of Nîmes
• Font-aux-Nonnains Abbey, nuns, diocese of Alès
• Fontaine-Daniel Abbey, monks, diocese of Le Mans (Fontaine-Daniel, Saint-Georges-Buttavent commune, Mayenne)
• Fontaine-Guérard Abbey, nuns (Radepont, Eure)
• Fontainejean Abbey or Fontaine-Jean Abbey, monks, diocese of Sens, (Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron, Loiret)
• Fontenay Abbey, monks, diocese of Autun (Marmagne, Côte-d'Or) ^[33]
• Fontenelle Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cambrai (1212-?) (Maing, Nord)
• Fontfroide Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide), monks, diocese of Narbonne (Narbonne, Aude) ^[34]
• Fontguilhem Abbey, monks, diocese of Bazas, (Masseilles, Gironde)
• Fontmorigny Abbey, monks, diocese of Bourges (Menetou-Couture, Cher) ^[35]
• Foucarmont Abbey, monks, diocese of Rouen (Foucarmont) ^[36]
• Franquevaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Nîmes (Beauvoisin, Gard)
• Freistroff Abbey, monks, diocese of Metz, (Freistroff, Moselle)
• La Frenade Abbey, diocese of Saintes
• Froidmont Abbey, monks, diocese of Beauvais (Hermes, Oise)

G

• Le Gard Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Gard), monks, diocese of Amiens (Crouy-Saint-Pierre, Somme)
• La Garde-Dieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Cahors (Mirabel, Tarn-et-Garonne)
• Les Gardes Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame des Gardes), diocese of Angers, nuns (1818-) (Saint-Georges-des-Gardes, Maine-et-Loire) ^[37]
• Gomerfontaine Abbey, nuns, diocese of Rouen, later diocese of Beauvais (1207–1792) (Trie-la-Ville, Oise)
• Gondon Abbey (Abbaye de Gondon, Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Gondon), monks, diocese of Agen (Gondon-les-Montastruc, Monbahus, Lot-et-Garonne)
• Gourdon Abbey, monks, diocese of Cahors (Léobard, Lot)
• La Grâce-Dieu Abbey (Abbaye de la Grâce-Dieu), in Franche-Comté, monks (1139-1791, 1844–1909), later nuns (originally from Besançon, since 1927), diocese of Besançon (Chaux-lès-Passavant, Doubs) ^[38]
• La Grâce-Dieu Abbey, diocese of La Rochelle
• La Grâce-Notre-Dame Abbey, nuns (Montmirail, Marne)
• Grandselve Abbey, monks, diocese of Toulouse (Bouillac, Tarn-et-Garonne)
• Grosbot Abbey (also known as Grosbos or Grosbois Abbey), diocese of Angoulême (Charras, Charente)
• Gruchet Abbey or Gruchet-le-Valasse Abbey (also known as Le Valasse Abbey) (Abbaye de Gruchet-le-Valasse or Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Vœu de Gruchet-le-Valasse) (Gruchet-le-Valasse, Seine-Maritime)

H

• Hautecombe Abbey (1135-?; ?-1826) (Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille, Savoie)
• Haute-Fontaine or Hautefontaine Abbey, monks, diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (Ambrières, Marne)
• Haute-Seille Abbey, diocese of Nancy (1140–1791) (Cirey-sur-Vezouze, Meurthe-et-Moselle)

I

• Igny Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny), monks (1128-French Revolution; 1878–1903), later nuns (from 1929), diocese of Reims (Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne) ^[39]
• L'Isle-en-Barrois Abbey, monks, diocese of Toul (Lisle-en-Barrois, Meuse)
• Les Isles Abbey, nuns, diocese of Auxerre

J

• Le Jau Abbey, monks, diocese of Perpignan
• La Joie Abbey(1252-) (Hennebont, Morbihan)
• La Joie-lès-Nemours Abbey, nuns, diocese of Sens (1231–1751) (Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, Seine-et-Marne)
• Jouy Abbey, monks, diocese of Sens, later Meaux (Chenoise, Seine-et-Marne)

K

• Kerlot Abbey (Abbaye de Kerlot, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Kerlot), nuns, diocese of Quimper (Plomelin, Finistère)
• Koenigsbruck Abbey, nuns, diocese of Strasbourg (1140–1793) (Leutenheim, Bas-Rhin)

L

• Lachalade Abbey, see Chalade
• Lamanare Abbey (also known as Hyères Abbey), nuns, diocese of Toulon
• Le Landais Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Landais), monks, diocese of Bourges (Frédille, Indre) ^[40]
• Langonnet Abbey, monks, diocese of Quimper, later Vannes (Langonnet, Morbihan)
• Lannoy Abbey (also known as Briotel Abbey), monks, diocese of Beauvais
• Lanvaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Vannes (Brandivy, Morbihan)
• Larivour Abbey (also Larrivour or l'Arivour) (Lusigny-sur-Barse, Aube)
• Lasteron Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Bernard de Lasteron), nuns, diocese of Dax
• Lazières Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cahors
• Léoncel Abbey, monks, diocese of Die (Léoncel, Drôme) ^[41]
• Lérins Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lérins) (Île Saint-Honorat, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes) ^[42]
• Leyme Abbey (also known as Lerme Abbey or La Grâce-Dieu Abbey), nuns, diocese of Cahors (1220-?) (Leyme, Lot)
• Lézinnes Abbey (Abbaye de la Charité-lès-Lézines), nuns, then monks (1432), diocese of Langres (1184-?) (Lézinnes, Yonne)
• Lieu-Croissant Abbey, monks, diocese of Besançon (Geney, Doubs)
• Le Lieu-Dieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Autun ^[43]
• Le Lieu-Dieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Amiens
• Le Lieu-Notre-Dame Abbey, nuns, diocese of Lyon
• Le Lieu-Notre-Dame Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Lieu), nuns, diocese of Orléans (Romorantin-Lanthenay, Loir-et-Cher)
• Lissac Priory, dependent on Leyme Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cahors (1286-?) (Lissac-et-Mouret, Lot)
• Loc-Dieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Rodez (Martiel, Aveyron)
• Longpont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Longpont), monks, diocese of Soissons (Longpont, Aisne) ^[44]
• Longuay Abbey (also Longué Abbey), monks, diocese of Langres (1149–1790) (Aubepierre-sur-Aube, Haute-Marne)
• Longvillers Abbey, monks, diocese of Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais)
• Loos Abbey (also Looz Abbey) (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Loos or de Looz), monks, diocese of Tournai (1149-?) (Loos, Nord)
• Loroy Abbey (also Lorroy or Lorois Abbey) in Berry, monks, diocese of Bourges (Méry-ès-Bois, Cher)
• Louroux Abbey (also Le Louroux Abbey), monks, diocese of Angers (Vernantes, Maine-et-Loire)
• Lucelle Abbey (also Lützel Abbey), monks, diocese of Basle (1124–1790) (Lucelle, Haut-Rhin and Pleigne in Switzerland)
• La Lum-Dieu Abbey (also known as Fabas Abbey), nuns, diocese of Comminges
• Lützel Abbey, see Lucelle Abbey
• Le Lys Abbey (Abbaye du Lys or Abbaye royale du Lys), nuns, diocese of Sens (Dammarie-les-Lys, Seine-et-Marne)

M

• Maizières Abbey, monks, diocese of Chalon-sur-Saône
• Marcilly Abbey, monks, diocese of Autun
• Marquette Abbey (also known as Bonrepos Abbey), nuns, diocese of Tournai
• Maubuisson Abbey (Abbaye de Maubuisson or Abbaye Notre-Dame la Royale de Maubuisson), nuns, diocese of Rouen, later diocese of Paris (1236-?) (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Val d'Oise)
• Mazan Abbey, monks, diocese of Viviers (Mazan-l'Abbaye, Ardèche)
• Mègemont Abbey, nuns, later monks, diocese of Clermont (Chassagne, Puy-de-Dôme)
• Melleray Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Melleray), monks, diocese of Nantes (La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne, Loire-Atlantique) ^[45]
• Merci-Dieu Abbey, diocese of Poitiers
• Mercoire Abbey, nuns, diocese of Mende, Lozère
• Micy Abbey or Saint Mesmin's Abbey, Micy (Abbaye Saint-Mesmin de Micy) (Feuillants : 1622-1791) (Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin, Loiret) ^[46]
• Le Miroir Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Miroir), monks, diocese of Lyon (Le Miroir, Saône-et-Loire) ^[47]
• Molèze Abbey, nuns, diocese of Chalon-sur-Saône
• Mologèze Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Mologèze), nuns, diocese of Arles
• Moncé Abbey, nuns, diocese of Tours
• Monstier-en-Argonne Abbey, monks, diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne
• Mont des Cats Abbey (Abbaye du Mont des Cats or Abbaye Sainte-Marie du Mont des Cats), monks (Godewaersvelde, Nord)
• Mont-Sainte-Marie Abbey, monks, diocese of Besançon (Doubs)
• Mount Zion Abbey (Abbaye du Mont de Sion), nuns, diocese of Marseille
• Montpeyroux Abbey, monks, diocese of Clermont (Puy-Guillaume, Puy-de-Dôme) ^[48]
• Montreuil Abbey (Abbaye de Montreuil-les-Dames or Montreuil-en-Thiérache, later Montreuil-sous-Laon), nuns, diocese of Laon (Laon, Aisne)
• Moreilles Abbey (also Moreil Abbey), diocese of La Rochelle
• Mores Abbey, monks, diocese of Langres
• Morimond Abbey, monks, diocese of Langres (formerly Fresnoy-en-Bassigny, now Parnoy-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne)
• Mortemer Abbey, monks, diocese of Rouen (Lisors, Eure) ^[49]
• Mouchy-le-Péreux Abbey, nuns, diocese of Beauvais

N

• Abbey of Our Lady of the Snows (Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) (Saint-Laurent-les-Bains, Ardèche) ^[50]
• Netlieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Agde (1195-?) (Mèze, Hérault)
• Neubourg Abbey (Abbaye de Neubourg or du Neubourg), monks, diocese of Strasbourg (c. 1130-c.1790) (Neubourg in Dauendorf, Bas-Rhin)
• La Noë Abbey (Abbaye de la Noë), monks, diocese of Évreux (La Bonneville-sur-Iton, Eure)
• Noirlac Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Noirlac or Abbaye de la Maison-Dieu), monks, diocese of Bourges (Bruère-Allichamps, Cher) ^[51]
• Nonenque Abbey, now Nonenque Charterhouse (Chartreuse de Nonenque), nuns, diocese of Vabres (1139–1791) (Marnhagues-et-Latour, Aveyron); reoccupied in 1927 by the Carthusians
• Nuwenburg Abbey, see Neubourg Abbey

O

• Obazine Abbey (also Aubazine Abbey), monks, diocese of Limoges (Aubazine, Corrèze)
• Oelenberg Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Oelenberg), monks (Reiningue, Haut-Rhin)^[52]
• L'Olive Abbey (also known as L'Hermitage Abbey), nuns, diocese of Cambrai
• Les Olives Abbey (also Les Olieux Abbey), nuns, diocese of Narbonne
• Olivet Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Olivet), monks, diocese of Bourges (Saint-Julien-sur-Cher, Cher
• Ounans Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ounans), nuns, diocese of Besançon (Ounans, Jura)
• Ourscamp Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ourscamp), monks, diocese of Noyon (Chiry-Ourscamp, Oise) ^[53]

P

• Pairis Abbey, monks, diocese of Basle, later diocese of Strasbourg (1139-?) (Orbey, Haut-Rhin)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame du Palais, monks, diocese of Limoges
• Pantemont Abbey, nuns, diocese of Paris ^[54]
• Abbey of the Paraclete, nuns, diocese of Amiens
• Le Parc-aux-Dames Abbey, nuns, diocese of Senlis
• Pérignac Abbey, diocese of Agen
• Le Perray-aux-Nonnains Abbey, nuns, diocese of Angers (Écouflant, Maine-et-Loire)
• Perseigne Abbey, monks, diocese of Le Mans (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois, Sarthe)
• Monastère Notre Dame des Petites Roches, nuns (Saint Bernard du Touvet, Isère ^[55]
• La Peyrouse Abbey, diocese of Périgueux
• Les Pierres Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame des Pierres), monks, diocese of Bourges
• Le Pin Abbey, diocese of Poitiers (1163-?) (Béruges, Vienne)
• La Pitié-Dieu Abbey or La Piété-Dieu Abbey (Abbaye de la Pitié-Dieu-lès-Ramerupt or Abbaye de la Piété-Dieu), monks, diocese of Troyes (1440–1791) (Ramerupt, Aube)
• Planselve Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Planselve) (Gimont, Gers)
• Le Pont-aux-Dames Abbey (Abbaye du Pont-aux-Dames), nuns, diocese of Meaux (Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, Seine-et-Marne)
• Pontaut Abbey (also Pontault Abbey), diocese of Aire (1151-?) (Mant, Landes)
• Pontifroy Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Pontifroy) (1323–1740) (Metz, Moselle)
• Pontigny Abbey, monks, diocese of Auxerre (Pontigny, Yonne) ^[56]
• Pontron Abbey (or Pontrond Abbey), monks, diocese of Angers (1134-?) (Le Louroux-Béconnais, Maine-et-Loire)
• Port-Royal-des-Champs (Abbaye de Port-Royal-des-Champs), nuns, diocese of Paris (?-1707) (Magny-les-Hameaux, Yvelines) ^[57]
• Port-Royal (Abbaye de Port-Royal de Paris), nuns, diocese of Paris (1625–1790) (Paris)
• Port-du-Salut Abbey (Abbaye du Port du-Salut, Abbaye Notre-Dame du Port du Salut d'Entrammes, or Abbaye du Port-Ringeard), Trappist monks (1816-) (Entrammes, Mayenne) ^[58]
• Prébenoît Abbey (Abbaye de Prébenoît or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Prébenoît), monks, diocese of Limoges (Bétête, Creuse)
• La Prée Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Prée), monks, diocese of Bourges (Ségry, Indre)
• Les Prés Abbey (Abbaye des Prés), nuns, diocese of Cambrai (Douai, Nord)
• Les Près Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame des Près), nuns, diocese of Troyes
• Preuilly Abbey, monks (Égligny, Seine-et-Marne)
• Prières Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Prières), monks, diocese of Vannes (Billiers, Morbihan)

Q

• Quincy Abbey (or Quincey Abbey), monks, diocese of Langres (Commissey, puis Tanlay, Yonne)

R

• Ravensberghe Abbey, nuns, diocese of Thérouanne, later diocese of Saint-Omer (1191-?) (Watten, Nord)
• Ré Abbey, also known as Les Châteliers Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Ré dite des Châteliers), diocese of Poitiers (La Flotte, île de Ré, Charente-Maritime)
• Le Reclus Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Reclus), monks, diocese of Troyes, later diocese of Châlons-en-Champagne (Talus-Saint-Prix, Marne)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame de Réconfort, nuns, diocese of Autun (Nivernais)
• Abbaye du Refuge de Notre-Dame, nuns, diocese of Cambrai
• Reigny Abbey, also known as Vermenton Abbey, monks (1128–1790)^[59] (Vermenton, Yonne)^[60]
• Le Relec Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Relec), monks, diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Plounéour-Ménez, Finistère) ^[61]
• Rieunette Abbey or Priory (Abbaye or Prieuré Sainte-Marie de Rieunette), nuns, diocese of Carcassonne (1162–1761) (Ladern-sur-Lauquet, Aude) ^[62]
• Rigny Abbey, monks, diocese of Auxerre
• Le Rivet Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Rivet), in the Bazadais, monks, later nuns (from 1938), diocese of Bazas (Auros, Gironde) ^[63]
• La Rivour Abbey, monks, diocese of Troyes
• Les Roches Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame des Roches), monks, diocese of Auxerre (Myennes, Nièvre)
• La Rode Abbey, monks, diocese of Lavaur
• Rosières Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Rosières), monks, diocese of Besançon (La Ferté, Jura)
• Les Rosiers Abbey, otherwise Priory (from 1240) (also Les Roziers), nuns (Séchault, Ardennes)
• Royaumont Abbey, monks, diocese of Beauvais (1229–1790) (Asnières-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise) ^[64]

S

• Saint-André-en-Gouffern Abbey, monks, diocese of Séez (La Hoguette, Calvados)
• Saint-Antoine-des-Champs, nuns, diocese of Paris (Paris), now the Hôpital Saint-Antoine.
• Saint-Aubin-du-Bois Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Brieuc (Plédéliac)
• Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre Abbey, monks, diocese of Metz (Meuse)
• Saint-Dizier Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Dizier), nuns, diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne
• Saint-Just Abbey, nuns, diocese of Vienne
• Saint-Marcel Abbey, diocese of Cahors
• Saint-Paul-de-Beaurepaire Abbey, nuns, diocese of Vienne
• Saint-Pierre-du-Puy Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre-du-Puy or Abbaye Notre-Dame des Plants), nuns, diocese of Orange
• Saint-Sulpice en Bugey Abbey, monks, diocese of Belley (Thézillieu, Ain)
• Sainte-Acire Abbey (or Priory?) (Seine-Port, Seine-et-Marne) ^[65]
• 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, monks, diocese of Vabres
• Le Sart Abbey (also known as Sauchois Abbey) (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Sart or de Sauchois), nuns, diocese of Cambrai
• Saubalade Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saubalade), monks, diocese of Lescar
• Sauvebénite or Sauvebenoite Abbey, nuns, diocese of Le Puy
• Le Sauvoir Abbey, nuns, diocese of Laon
• Savigny Abbey, monks, diocese of Avranches
• Scellières Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scellières), monks, diocese of Troyes (1168-?) (Romilly-sur-Seine, Aube)
• Sénanque Abbey (Abbaye de Sénanque or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque), monks (Gordes, Vaucluse) ^[66]
• Sept-Fons Abbey (Abbaye de Sept-Fons or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sept-Fons), monks, diocese of Autun (Dompierre-sur-Besbre, Allier) ^[67]
• Signy Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Signy), monks, diocese of Reims (Signy-l'Abbaye, Ardennes)
• Silvacane Abbey (La Roque-d'Anthéron, Bouches-du-Rhône)
• Sturzelbronn Abbey, monks, diocese of Metz (Sturzelbronn, Moselle)
• Sylvanès Abbey (otherwise Silvanès Abbey) (1136–1789) (Sylvanès, Aveyron) ^[68]

T

• Tamié Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Tamié), monks (Plancherine, Savoie) ^[69]
• Tart Abbey, nuns, diocese of Langres ^[70]
• Theuley Abbey (or Tulley Abbey), monks, diocese of Besançon, later Langres (Vars, Haute-Saône)
• Le Thoronet Abbey (Abbaye du Thoronet or Abbaye Notre-Dame du Thoronet), diocese of Fréjus, united in 1785 with the diocese of Digne (Le Thoronet, Var)
• Timadeuc Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Timadeuc or Thymadeuc), monks (from 1841) (Bréhan, Morbihan) ^[71]
• La Trappe Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Trappe, Abbaye de la Grande-Trappe or Abbaye de Soligny), monks, diocese of Séez (Soligny-la-Trappe, Orne)
• Abbaye du Trésor Notre-Dame (Bus-Saint-Rémy, Eure)
• Trizay Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Trizay, Abbaye du Gué de Trizay or de Trisay), diocese of Luçon (Saint-Vincent-Puymaufrais (1833–1972), now Bournezeau, Vendée)
• Trois-Fontaines Abbey, monks, diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (Heiltz-le-Maurupt, Marne)
• Tyronneau Abbey, monks, diocese of Le Mans (1149–1790) (Saint-Aignan, Sarthe) ^[72]

U

• Ubexy Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Joseph d'Ubexy), nuns (Ubexy, Vosges) ^[73]
• Ulmet Abbey (also known as Aumet Abbey), monks, diocese of Arles (c. 250 - 1791)

V

• Le Val Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val), monks (Mériel, Val-d'Oise)
• Le Val-de-Bressieux Abbey, nuns, diocese of Vienne
• Le Val-des-Choues Abbey (Essarois, Côte-d'Or) ^[74]
• Val d'Ornain Abbey or Sainte-Hoïlde Abbey, Val d'Ornain (Abbaye Sainte-Hoïlde du Val d'Ornain or Sainte-Hould or Sainte-Houlde), nuns, diocese of Toul (Val-d'Ornain, Meuse)
• Le Val-Richer Abbey, monks, diocese of Bayeux (Saint-Ouen-le-Pin, Calvados)
• Le Val-des-Vignes Abbey (Ailleville, Aube)
• Le Valasse, see Gruchet
• Valbenoite Abbey, monks, diocese of Lyon
• Valbonne Abbey, monks, diocese of Perpignan
• Valcroissant Abbey, monks, diocese of Die (Die, Drôme)
• Valence Abbey, diocese of Poitiers
• La Valette Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Valette), diocese of Tulle (1147-?) (Auriac, Corrèze)
• Valloires Abbey, monks, diocese of Amiens, in Picardie (Argoules, Somme) ^[75]
• Valmagne Abbey (Abbaye de Valmagne or Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Valmagne), monks, diocese of Agde (1159–1789) (Villeveyrac, Hérault) ^[76]
• La Valroy Abbey (or Val-Roi or Val-Roy), monks, diocese of Reims (1150–1790) (Saint-Quentin-le-Petit, Ardennes)
• Valsainte Abbey, monks, diocese of Apt
• Valsauve-de-Bagnols Abbey, nuns, diocese of Uzès
• Varennes Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Varennes), monks, diocese of Bourges (Fougerolles, Indre)
• La Vassin Abbey, nuns, diocese of Clermont
• Vaucelles Abbey, monks, diocese of Cambrai (Les Rues-des-Vignes, Nord)
• Vauclair Abbey, monks, diocese of Laon (Bouconville-Vauclair, Aisne)
• Vauluisant Abbey, monks, diocese of Sens (Courgenay, Yonne) ^[77]
• Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey, monks, diocese of Paris (Vaux de Cernay, Cernay-la-Ville, Yvelines) ^[78]
• Vaux-la-Douce Abbey, monks, diocese of Langres
• Les Vaux en Ornois Abbey, monks, diocese of Toul (Saint-Joire, Meuse)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame du Verger, nuns, diocese of Cambrai (Oisy-le-Verger, Pas-de-Calais)
• Vernaison Abbey, nuns, diocese of Valence (Châteauneuf-sur-Isère, Drôme)
• Vic-lès-Capdenac Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cahors
• La Vieuville Abbey (or La Vieuxville Abbey) (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Vieuville or Vieuxville), monks, diocese of Dol (Epiniac, Ille-et-Vilaine)
• Vignogoul Abbey, nuns, diocese of Montpellier (Pignan, Hérault) ^[79]
• Villelongue Abbey (Saint-Martin-le-Vieil, Aude)
• Villeneuve Abbey, monks, diocese of Nantes (Le Bignon, then, from 1865, Les Sorinières, Loire-Atlantique) ^[80]
• Villers-Bettnach Abbey, monks, diocese of Metz (Saint-Hubert, Moselle) ^[81]
• Villers-Canivet Abbey, nuns, diocese of Séez (Villers-Canivet, Calvados)
• Villier Abbey, nuns, diocese of Sens
• Villongue Abbey, monks, diocese of Carcassonne
• La Virginité Abbey, nuns, diocese of Le Mans
• Vitry Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jacques de Vitry, de Vitry-le-Perthois, or de Vitry-le-Brûlé), nuns, diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (Vitry-en-Perthois, Marne)
• Le Vivier Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cambrai
• Voisins Abbey, nuns, diocese of Orléans (Saint-Ay, Loiret)

W

• Willencourt Abbey, nuns, diocese of Amiens (Willencourt, Pas-de-Calais)
• Woestyne Abbey, also L'Oustine Abbey, nuns, diocese of Saint-Omer (Renescure, Nord)

See also

• List of Benedictine monasteries in France
• List of Premonstratensian monasteries in France
• List of Christian religious houses in France
• List of abbeys and priories

References

External links

• Citeaux.net: Cistercian website (by the abbot of Scourmont Abbey) (French)
• Cister.net: Cistercian Abbeys and Sites of Europe for visitors (French)
• Ocist.org: The Cistercian Order