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:

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.

Contents :

A

Acey Abbey (Jura)
Aulps Abbey (Savoy)

B

Bonneval Abbey (Aveyron)
Boulaur Abbey (Gers)

C

Chaalis Abbey (Oise)
La Chalade Abbey (Meuse)

D

E

L'Étanche Abbey (Rollainville, Vosges)

F

Fontaine-Guérard Abbey (Eure)
Fontenay Abbey (Côte-d'Or)

G

Gruchet-le-Valasse Abbey (Seine-Maritime)

H

Hautecombe Abbey

I

J

K

L

Loc-Dieu Abbey (Aveyron)
Longuay Abbey (Haute-Marne)

M

Mazan Abbey (Ardèche)

N

O

P

Pontigny Abbey (Yonne)
Site of Port-Royal-des-Champs (Yvelines)

Q

R

Ré Abbey, La Flotte, Île de Ré

S

Saint-Antoine-des-Champs (Paris)
Sénanque Abbey (Vaucluse)

T

U

V

Le Valasse Abbey (Seine-Maritime)
Valloires Abbey (Argoules, Somme)
Villelongue Abbey (Aude)

W

See also

References

  1. Acey Abbey website
  2. Aiguebelle Abbey website
  3. Altbronn Abbey website
  4. Payrin-Augmontel municipal website: l'abbaye d'Ardorel
  5. Auberive Abbey website
  6. it is unclear how this monastery related to the Cistercians
  7. Office de Tourisme de la Valle d'Aulps: webpage on Aulps Abbey
  8. Website of Beaulieu Abbey
  9. Fondation Bon Sauveur website: Bégard Abbey
  10. Bellaigue was founded in 950 as a Benedictine priory, became an abbey in 1136, became Cistercian in 1137, was suppressed in 1791 and re-founded as a Benedictine abbey in 2000;Bellaigue Abbey (Benedictine) website, including a page on the Cistercian abbey
  11. Belval Abbey website
  12. Bénisson-Dieu Abbey website
  13. Blauvac Abbey website
  14. Bon-Repos Abbey website
  15. latterly occupied by the Communauté des Béatitudes
  16. Bonneval Abbey website
  17. Bonport Abbey website
  18. Boulaur Abbey website
  19. Diocese of Coutances website: Bricquebec Abbey
  20. now a hotel
  21. latterly attachd to the Congregation of the Feuillants
  22. La Chalade Abbey
  23. Chambarand Abbey website
  24. Champagne Abbey website (now a farm hotel)
  25. Cîteaux Abbey website
  26. Personal interest website: Clairlieu Abbey
  27. La Clarté-Dieu: Friends website
  28. La Coudre Abbez website
  29. Le Désert Abbey website
  30. Échourgnac Abbey website
  31. L'Étoile Abbey website
  32. La Ferté Abbey website
  33. Fontenay Abbey website
  34. Fontfroide Abbey website
  35. Fontmorigny Abbey website
  36. Foucarmont municipal website: Foucarmont Abbey
  37. Diocese of Angers website: Les Gardes Abbey website
  38. La Grâce-Dieu Abbey website
  39. Diocese of Reims website: Igny Abbey
  40. Le Landais Abbey website
  41. Friends of Léoncel Abbey website
  42. Lérins Abbey website
  43. transferred from Vergy to Beaune
  44. Longpont Abbey website
  45. Melleray Abbey website
  46. Website of Saint Mesmin's Abbey, Micy, now occupied by the Micy Carmel
  47. united with Cîteaux in 1619
  48. Puy-Guillaume website: Montpeyroux Abbey
  49. Mortemer Abbey website
  50. Website of Our Lady of the Snows
  51. Noirlac Abbey website
  52. Oelenberg Abbey website
  53. Website of les Serviteurs de Jésus et Marie: Ourscamp Abbey
  54. Transferred from Beauvais to Paris in 1671
  55. founded 1987; Bernardines' website: Le Touvet
  56. Pontigny Abbey website
  57. Website of the Musée national de Port-Royal-des-Champs
  58. Port-du-Salut Abbey website
  59. founded as a hermitage in 1104; became Cistercian in 1128
  60. Reigny Abbey website
  61. Le Relec Abbey website
  62. Boulaur Abbey website: Rieunette Priory
  63. Le Rivet Abbey website
  64. Fondation Royaumont website
  65. transferred to Barbeau Abbey: see also the Château de Sainte-Assise built on the site
  66. Sénanque Abbey website
  67. Sept-Fons Abbey website
  68. Sylvanès Abbey website
  69. Tamié Abbey website
  70. very close to Cîteaux; first Cistercian nunnery, and motherhouse of the Cistercian nuns; transferred to Dijon in 1626
  71. Diocese of Vannes website: Timadeuc Abbey
  72. 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
  73. Ubexy Abbey website
  74. Le Val-des-Choues Abbey website
  75. Valloires Abbey
  76. Valmagne Abbey website
  77. Vauluisant Abbey website
  78. Domaine des Vaulx-de-Cernay website
  79. Vignogoul Abbey website
  80. Villeneuve Abbey website (now a hotel and restaurant)
  81. Website of the Friends of Villers-Bettnach Abbey

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