List of Cistercian monasteries in France

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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.

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Cistercian coat of arms

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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Acey Abbey (Jura)
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Aulps Abbey (Savoy)

B

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Bonneval Abbey (Aveyron)
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Boulaur Abbey (Gers)

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Chaalis Abbey (Oise)
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La Chalade Abbey (Meuse)

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E

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L'Étanche Abbey (Rollainville, Vosges)

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

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Gruchet-le-Valasse Abbey (Seine-Maritime)

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Hautecombe Abbey

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

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Mazan Abbey (Ardèche)

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

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R

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Ré Abbey, La Flotte, Île de Ré

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Saint-Antoine-des-Champs (Paris)
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Sénanque Abbey (Vaucluse)
  • 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-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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  • Tamié Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Tamié), monks (Plancherine, Savoie)[75]
  • Tart Abbey, nuns, diocese of Langres (Tart-l'Abbaye, Côte-d'Or)[76]
  • 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)[77]
  • Torigny Abbey, monks (founded c. 1134 at La Boulaye; transferred to Torigni 1308) (Torigni-sur-Vire, Manche)
  • 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)[78]

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

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