List of Cistercian monasteries in France
Cistercian coat of arms 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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Acey Abbey (Jura) Aulps Abbey (Savoy) 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 Woods") at Ognolles , Oise, diocese of Noyon )Abbaye Blanche, see Blanche Abbaye nouvelle, see Gourdon Abondance Abbey, monks, diocese of Geneva (Feuillants: 1607-1761) (Abondance , Haute-Savoie)
Acey Abbey diocese of Saint-Claude (extant; Cistercians 1136-1790; Trappists from 1873; priory 1873-1938, when restored to status of abbey) (Vitreux , Jura)[ 1] Aiguebelle Abbey diocese of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (extant; 1137–1791; 1816 onwards) (Montjoyer , Drôme)[ 2] Almanarre, see Lamanarre Altbronn Abbey 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 or Aube-Pierres Abbey, monks, diocese of Limoges (1149-?) (Méasnes , Creuse)
Auberive Abbey, monks, diocese of Langres (Auberive , Haute-Marne)[ 5]
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)[ 6] Aumet Abbey, see Ulmet L'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 (also known as Les Hayes Abbey), nuns, diocese of Grenoble (Crolles , Isère)
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Bonneval Abbey (Aveyron) Boulaur Abbey (Gers) 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, monks (1148-1525) (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, also Beaulieu-en-Bassigny 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)[ 7] 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 [fr ] ), nuns, diocese of Saint-Omer (La Gorgue , Nord)
Beauvoir Abbey, nuns, diocese of Bourges (Marmagne , Cher)
Bégard Abbey, monks, diocese of Tréguier (Bégard , Côtes-d'Armor)[ 8]
Bellaigue Abbey, monks, diocese of Clermont (founded in 950 as a Benedictine priory, elevated to an abbey in 1136; ; Cistercian 1137-1791; re-founded as a Benedictine priory in 2000 (Virlet , Puy-de-Dôme)[ 9]
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)[ 10] 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] [ 12] Bénisson-Dieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Lyon (La Bénisson-Dieu , Loire)[ 13]
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)
Beuil Abbey, see Bœuil Abbey Biache Abbey, nuns, diocese of Noyon (Biache-Saint-Vaast , Pas-de-Calais)
Billon Abbey or Buillon Abbey (Abbaye de Billon , Abbaye Notre-Dame de Billon , also de Buillon ), 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)
Abbaye Blanche Abbaye des Blanches , nuns, diocese of Avranches (Mortain , Manche)Blanche-Couronne Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Blanche-Couronne ), monks (founded c. 1160, but apparently not Cistercian until later) diocese of Nantes (La Chapelle-Launay , Loire-Atlantique)
Blauvac Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bon Secours de Blauvac ), nuns, diocese of Avignon (1927-) (Blauvac , Vaucluse)[ 14] Blendecques Abbey (also known as Blandecques Abbey), nuns, diocese of Saint-Omer (Blendecques , Pas-de-Calais)
Bœuil Abbey , also Beuil or Le Beuil Abbey (Abbaye de Bœuil, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bœuil or Beuil ), monks, diocese of Limoges (1123–1790) (Veyrac , Limousin)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)
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, diocese of Rodez (1166-1790; resettled by Trappist nuns 1876–1965) (Comps-la-Grand-Ville , Aveyron)[ 15]
Bonnecombe Abbey, nuns, diocese of Vienne (C12-1791) (Saint-Paul-d'Izeaux , Isère; from 1667 Beaurepaire , Isère)
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]
Bon-Repos Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Brieuc (Saint-Gelven , now Bon Repos sur Blavet , Côtes-d'Armor)[ 18]
Bonrepos or Bon-Repos, see Marquette Bons Abbey, also Bons-en-Bugey 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 Le Bosquet Abbey (Abbaye de Bouchet, Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Bosquet ), nuns (founded c. 1146-50; Cistercian 1198-1408), diocese of Clermont (Bouchet , Drôme)
Le Bouchet, see Le Bouschet-Vauluisant Bouillas Abbey, diocese of Auch (Sainte-Radegonde , Gers)
Boulancourt Abbey, monks, diocese of Troyes (Longeville-sur-la-Laines , Haute-Marne)
Boulaur Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Boulaur ), nuns (Boulaur , Gers)[ 19] La Boulaye Abbey, monks (founded 1170 round a chapel founded c. 1134; transferred to form Torigny Abbey in 1308, leaving the original site as a small obscure priory) (Condé-sur-Vire , Manche)
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)Le Bouschet-Vauluisant Abbey, also Le Bouchet-Valluisant Abbey, monks (Yronde-et-Buron , Puy-de-Dôme)
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)[ 20] Bueil Abbey, see Bœuil Buillon, see Billon La Bussière Abbey, monks, diocese of Autun (1130-French Revolution ) (La Bussière-sur-Ouche , Côte-d'Or)[ 21]
Bussières Abbey, or Bussières-les-Nonains Abbey, nuns, diocese of Bourges (Saint-Désiré , Allier)
Buzay Abbey, monks, diocese of Nantes (Rouans , Loire-Atlantique)
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Chaalis Abbey (Oise) La Chalade Abbey (Meuse) Cadouin Abbey , monks, diocese of Sarlat (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin , Dordogne)Calers Abbey, monks, diocese of Rieux (Gaillac-Toulza , Haute-Garonne)
Campénéac, see Abbey of la Joie-Notre-Dame de Campénéac Candeil Abbey, monks, diocese of Albi (1150 or 1152-1791) (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)Celles-sur-Cher, see Selles 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] Chambenoit Abbey or Priory, nuns (Poigny , Seine-et-Marne)
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, see Abbey of Saint-Léonard des Chaumes 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] Clairefontaine Abbey (also known as Claire-Fontaine Abbey), monks, diocese of Besançon (Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine , Haute-Saône)
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] Coëtmaloën Abbey, also Koad Malouen Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Coatmalouen , Abbaye Notre-Dame de Koad Malouen ), monks, diocese of Quimper (Kerpert , Côtes-d'Armor)
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)Coyroux Priory (also Coiroux), nuns, a dependent priory of Obazine Abbey , diocese of Limoges , later Tulle (Aubazine , Corrèze)La Crête Abbey (also known as La Creste Abbey), monks, diocese of Langres (Bourdons-sur-Rognon , Haute-Marne)Cuxa Abbey or Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa Abbey (also known as Cuixá Abbey) (1919–1965) (Codalet , Pyrénées-Orientales)
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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)
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L'Étanche Abbey (Rollainville, Vosges) 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)
Les Écharlis Abbey , also Les Escharlis Abbey (Abbaye des Écharlis or Escharlis ), monks, diocese of Sens (Villefranche , Yonne)Échourgnac Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance d'Échourgnac ), nuns (Échourgnac , Dordogne)[ 30] L'Éclache Abbey, also L'Esclache Abbey (Abbaye de l'Éclache or l'Esclache ), nuns, diocese of Clermont (Prondines , Puy-de-Dôme)
Écurey Abbey, otherwise Escuray Abbey, monks, diocese of Toul (Écurey-en-Barrois, Montiers-sur-Saulx , Meuse)
Élan Abbey, monks, diocese of Reims (Élan , Ardennes)
Épagne Abbey, also Espagne Abbey (Abbaye d'Épagne or Espagne ), nuns, diocese of Amiens (Épagne-Épagnette , Somme)
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)Escharlis, see Écharlis L'Esclache, see L'Éclache Escuray, see Écurey Espagne, see Épagne Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Espérance , nuns, diocese of Dax Estanche, see L'Étanche L'Estrée Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Estrée , also Abbaye royale de l'Estrée ), monks (founded 1140s), later nuns (1684-1791), diocese of Évreux (Muzy , Eure)
L'Étanche Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de L'Étanche ), nuns, diocese of Toul (Rollainville , Vosges)
L'Étoile Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Étoile ), monks (Archigny , Vienne)[ 31]
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Fontaine-Guérard Abbey (Eure) Fontenay Abbey (Côte-d'Or) Fabas Abbey, see La Lum-Dieu Faise Abbey, also La Faise Abbey (or La Faire Abbey), monks, diocese of Bordeaux (Les Artigues-de-Lussac , Gironde)
Félipré Abbey, nuns (monks 1462-65) (Givet , Ardennes)
Féniers Abbey or Feniers Abbey (also known as Le Val-Honnête Abbey or Le Vallonnette Abbey), monks, diocese of Clermont (Condat , Cantal)
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)Florièyes Abbey, also Florielle Abbey or Floriège Abbey, later a priory, monks, predecessor of Le Thoronet Abbey (1136–46, after which a priory of Le Thoronet; suppressed 1791) (Tourtour , Var)
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)Fontaine-les-Blanches Abbey, monks (Autrèche , Indre-et-Loire)
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 , Seine-Maritime)[ 36]
Franquevaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Nîmes (Beauvoisin , Gard)
Freistroff Abbey, monks, diocese of Metz (Freistroff , Moselle)
La Frenade Abbey, monks, diocese of Saintes (Merpins , Charente)
Froidmont Abbey, monks, diocese of Beauvais (Hermes , Oise)
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Gruchet-le-Valasse Abbey (Seine-Maritime) 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] Gimont Abbey, see Planselve Abbey 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 (Abbaye de Gourdon, Abbaye de Léobard, or most commonly Abbaye nouvelle ), 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)
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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) Longuay Abbey (Haute-Marne) Lachalade Abbey, see Chalade Lamanarre Abbey or Almanarre Abbey (also known as Hyères Abbey), nuns, diocese of Toulon (Hyères , Var)
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 (previously known as Briostel Abbey or Briotel Abbey), monks, diocese of Beauvais (Écorchevache, Briot , Oise; Roy-Boissy , Oise)
Lanvaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Vannes (Brandivy , Morbihan)
Larivour Abbey (also Larrivour, La Rivour or l'Arivour) (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Larivour, Larrivour, la Rivour or l'Arivour ), monks, diocese of Troyes (Lusigny-sur-Barse , Aube)
Lasteron Abbey or Lasteyron Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Bernard de Lasteron or Lasteyron ; Abbaye Saint-Bernard de Bayonne ), nuns, diocese of Dax (Mouguerre , moved to Bayonne , Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Lazières Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cahors (Montamel , Lot)
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, also Longvilliers Abbey, monks, diocese of Boulogne-sur-Mer (Longvilliers , Pas-de-Calais)[ 45]
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 or La Lumière-Dieu Abbey, also known as Fabas Abbey, nuns, diocese of Comminges (Fabas , Haute-Garonne)
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)
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Mazan Abbey (Ardèche) Maizières Abbey, monks, diocese of Chalon-sur-Saône (Saint-Loup-Géanges , Saône-et-Loire)
Marcilly Abbey (Abbaye de Marcilly, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Marcilly ), monks, diocese of Autun (Provency , Yonne)
Marquette Abbey (Abbaye du Repos de Notre-Dame de Marquette , Abbaye du Bon-repos de Notre-Dame de Marquette , Abbaye du Réclinatoire de Notre-Dame de Marquette )[ 46] diocese of Tournai (Marquette-lez-Lille , Nord)
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)[ 47] Merci-Dieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Poitiers (La Roche-Posay , Vienne)
Mercoire Abbey, nuns, diocese of Mende (Cheylard-l'Évêque , Lozère)
Micy Abbey or Saint Mesmin's Abbey, Micy (Abbaye Saint-Mesmin de Micy ) (Feuillants : 1622-1791) (Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin , Loiret)[ 48] Le Miroir Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Miroir ), monks, diocese of Lyon (Le Miroir , Saône-et-Loire)[ 49]
Molaise Abbey, otherwise Molèze Abbey, nuns, diocese of Chalon-sur-Saône (Molaise in Écuelles, Saône-et-Loire )
Mollégès Abbey, otherwise Mologèze Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Mollégès or Mologèze ), nuns, diocese of Arles (Mollégès , Bouches-du-Rhône)
Moncé Abbey, nuns, diocese of Tours (Limeray , Indre-et-Loire)
Monstier-en-Argonne, see Monthiers-en-Argonne 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 (Labergement-Sainte-Marie , Doubs)
Monthiers-en-Argonne Abbey, otherwise Monstier-en-Argonne Abbey, monks, diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (Possesse , Marne)
Mount Zion Abbey (Abbaye du Mont de Sion ), nuns, diocese of Marseille (Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône)
Montpeyroux Abbey , monks, diocese of Clermont (Puy-Guillaume , Puy-de-Dôme)[ 50] 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 (Moreilles , Vendée)[ 51]
Mores Abbey (Abbaye de Mores or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Mores ), monks, diocese of Langres (Celles-sur-Ource , Aube)
Morimond Abbey , monks, diocese of Langres (formerly Fresnoy-en-Bassigny , now Parnoy-en-Bassigny , Haute-Marne)Mortemer Abbey , monks, diocese of Rouen (Lisors , Eure)[ 52] Mouchy-le-Péreux Abbey, otherwise Monchy-le-Péreux or Monchy-le-Preux Abbey,[ 53] diocese of Beauvais (Monchy-Humières , Oise)
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Abbey of Notre-Dame des Neiges Our Lady of the Snows (Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Neiges ), monks (Saint-Laurent-les-Bains , Ardèche)[ 54] 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)[ 55] 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
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Obazine Abbey (also Aubazine Abbey), monks, diocese of Limoges (Aubazine , Corrèze)Oelenberg Abbey Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Oelenberg ), monks (Reiningue , Haut-Rhin)[ 56] Les Olives Abbey (also Les Olieux Abbey), nuns, diocese of Narbonne (founded 1204, abandoned 1614; replaced in the 19th century by the Abbaye des Monges) (Narbonne , Aude)
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)[ 57]
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Pontigny Abbey (Yonne) Site of Port-Royal-des-Champs (Yvelines) Pairis Abbey , monks, diocese of Basle , later diocese of Strasbourg (1138-1791) (Orbey , Haut-Rhin)Palais-Notre-Dame Abbey (Abbaye du Palais-Notre-Dame, Abbaye Notre-Dame du Palais ), monks, diocese of Limoges (1162-1791) (Thauron , Creuse)
Pantemont, see Pentemont Abbey Abbey of the Paraclete (Abbaye du Paraclet des Champs ), nuns, diocese of Amiens (1218-1790) (Cottenchy , Somme)
Le Parc-aux-Dames Abbey, nuns, diocese of Senlis
Pentemont Abbey (Abbaye de Pentemont , also Abbaye de Penthemont, Panthemont or Pantemont ), nuns, diocese of Paris (1217-1790) (Paris, 7th arrondissement)[ 58] Pérignac or Peyrignac Abbey, monks, diocese of Agen (1151-1791) (Montpezat , Lot-et-Garonne)
Le Perray-aux-Nonnains Abbey, nuns, diocese of Angers (Benedictines 1180-1248; Cistercians 1248-1790) (Écouflant , Maine-et-Loire)
Perseigne Abbey , monks, diocese of Le Mans (1145-1791) (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois , Sarthe)Monastère Notre Dame des Petites Roches , nuns (Saint Bernard du Touvet , Isère[ 59] La Peyrouse Abbey, diocese of Périgueux
Les Pierres Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame des Pierres ), monks, diocese of Bourges (1149?-1791) (Sidiailles , Cher)
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, also Gimont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Planselve , de Gimont ) (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)[ 60] 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)[ 61] 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)[ 62] 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 Prés Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame des Prés ), nuns, diocese of Troyes (Saint-André-les-Vergers , Aube)
Preuilly Abbey , monks (Égligny , Seine-et-Marne)Prières Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Prières ), monks, diocese of Vannes (Billiers , Morbihan)
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Ré Abbey, La Flotte, Île de Ré 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 ), monks, diocese of Poitiers (La Flotte , Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime)
Abbaye du Réclinatoire de Notre-Dame, see Marquette Abbey 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 (Saizy , Nièvre)Reigny Abbey , also known as Vermenton Abbey, monks (1128–1790),[ 63] diocese of Auxerre (Vermenton , Yonne)[ 64] Le Relec Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Relec ), monks, diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Plounéour-Ménez , Finistère)[ 65]
Rieunette Abbey or Priory (Abbaye or Prieuré Sainte-Marie de Rieunette ), nuns, diocese of Carcassonne (1162–1761) (Ladern-sur-Lauquet , Aude)[ 66]
Rigny, see Reigny Le Rivet Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Rivet ), in the Bazadais , monks, later nuns (from 1938), diocese of Bazas (Auros , Gironde)[ 67] La Rivour Abbey, see Larrivour Abbey Les Roches Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame des Roches ), monks, diocese of Auxerre (Myennes , Nièvre)
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)[ 68]
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Saint-Antoine-des-Champs (Paris) 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) Valloires Abbey (Argoules, Somme) Villelongue Abbey (Aude) Le Val Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val ), monks (Mériel , Val-d'Oise)
Le Val-de-Bressieux Abbey, also Laval-Bénite Abbey or Laval-Bressieux Abbey (Abbaye du Val-de-Bressieux , de Laval-Bénite or de Laval-Bressieux ), nuns, diocese of Vienne (1117 or -19–1791) (Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux , Isère)
Le Val-des-Choues Abbey, also Val-des-Choux (Abbaye du Val-des-Choues or des-Choux ), monks (independent monastery 1193–1763; Cistercian, under Sept-Fons Abbey, 1763–1791; the surviving buildings are occupied (2018) by the Musée-Opéra de la Vénerie) (Villiers-le-Duc , Côte-d'Or)[ 80]
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)
Val-Honnête Abbey, see Féniers Abbey Le Val-Richer Abbey, monks, diocese of Bayeux (Saint-Ouen-le-Pin , Calvados)
Le Val-des-Vignes Abbey (Abbaye du Val-des-Vignes ), nuns, diocese of Langres (before 1220–1443; re-founded after 1443 as a Cistercian priory for monks, but dissolved again in 1487) (Ailleville , Aube)
Le Valasse, see Gruchet Valbenoîte Abbey, monks, diocese of Lyon (Valbenoîte, Saint-Étienne , Loire)
Valbonne Abbey, monks, diocese of Perpignan (Valbonne , Alpes-Maritimes)
Valcroissant Abbey, monks, diocese of Die (Die , Drôme)
Valence Abbey (Abbaye de Valence ), monks, diocese of Poitiers (1225 or 1230–1791) (Couhé , Vienne)
La Valette Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Valette ), monks, diocese of Tulle (founded as a Benedictine abbey probably in 1143; Cistercian from 1147; dissolved 1791; remains submerged in 1951 by the construction of a dam, the Barrage du Chastang ) (Auriac , Corrèze)
Valloires Abbey , monks, diocese of Amiens , in Picardie (Argoules , Somme)[ 81] Vallonnette Abbey, see Féniers Abbey Valmagne Abbey (Abbaye de Valmagne or Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Valmagne ), monks, diocese of Agde (1159–1789) (Villeveyrac , Hérault)[ 82] La Valroy Abbey (or Val-Roi or Val-Roy), monks, diocese of Reims (1150–1790) (Saint-Quentin-le-Petit , Ardennes)
Valsaintes Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Valsaintes , de Simiane or de Boulinette ), monks, diocese of Apt (1180–1792) (Simiane-la-Rotonde , Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Valsauve Abbey (Abbaye de Valsauve , Abbaye Royale Notre-Dame de Valsauve ), nuns, diocese of Uzès (founded before 1217 as priory; moved to Bagnols 1375 and later elevated to a royal abbey; dissolved 1790) (Bagnols-sur-Cèze , Gard)
Varennes Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Varennes ), monks, diocese of Bourges (Fougerolles , Indre)
La Vassin Abbey, also Lavaysse or La Veissy Abbey (Abbaye La Vassin , Lavaysse or La Veissy ), nuns, diocese of Clermont (c. 1150 – 1792) (Saint-Donat , Puy-de-Dôme)
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)[ 83] Vauluisant Abbey, see Le Bouschet-Vauluisant Abbey Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey, monks, diocese of Paris (Cernay-la-Ville , Yvelines)[ 84]
Vaux-la-Douce Abbey, monks, diocese of Langres (Voisey , Haute-Marne)
Abbey of Les Vaux-en-Ornois (Abbaye des Vaux-en-Ornois , also Abbaye d'Évaux ), monks, diocese of Toul (Saint-Joire , Meuse)
Abbaye Notre-Dame du Verger , nuns, diocese of Cambrai (Oisy-le-Verger , Pas-de-Calais)Vermonton Abbey, see Reigny Abbey Vernaison Abbey, nuns, diocese of Valence (Châteauneuf-sur-Isère , Drôme)
Vic Priory, otherwise Vic-lès-Capdenac Priory, nuns, diocese of Cahors (Vic, Capdenac , Lot)
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)[ 85]
Villelongue Abbey (Abbaye de Villelongue , Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Villelongue ), monks, diocese of Carcassonne (Saint-Martin-le-Vieil , Aude)
Villeneuve Abbey , monks, diocese of Nantes (Le Bignon , then, from 1865, Les Sorinières , Loire-Atlantique)[ 86] Villers-Bettnach Abbey , monks, diocese of Metz (Saint-Hubert , Moselle)[ 87] Villers-Canivet Abbey, nuns, diocese of Séez (Villers-Canivet , Calvados)
Villiers Abbey or Villiers-aux-Nonnains Abbey (Abbaye de Villiers-aux-Nonnains , Abbaye Notre-Dame de Villiers , Abbaye Villiers-la-Joie ), nuns, diocese of Sens (Cerny, Essonne )
La Virginité Abbey (Abbaye de la Virginité ), nuns, diocese of Le Mans (Les Roches-l'Évêque , Loir-et-Cher)
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 (Abbay du Vivier ), nuns, diocese of Cambrai (1219 – 1640 in Wancourt; 1640 – 1791 in Arras) (Wancourt , later Arras , Pas-de-Calais)
Voisins Abbey, nuns, diocese of Orléans (Saint-Ay , Loiret)
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See also
References
^ "Abbaye cistercienne de Notre-Dame d'Acey" .^ Aiguebelle Abbey website ^ Altbronn Abbey website (archived 25 July 2011) ^ "Payrin-Augmontel municipal website: Église d'Augmontel et abbaye de l'Ardorel" . Retrieved 2019-09-21 .^ "Abbaye d'Auberive" .^ "Abbaye d'Aulps: Domaine de Découverte de la Vallée d'Aulps" . Retrieved 2019-09-21 .^ "Association culturelle de l'abbaye de Beaulieu en Rouergue - centre d'art" .^ Fondation Bon Sauveur website: Bégard Abbey ^ Website of the present community at Bellaigue, including a page on the Cistercian abbey Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine ^ Bellefontaine Abbey official website ^ "Website of the Abbaye de Belval Association" . Archived from the original on 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2018-07-08 .^ "Abbaye de Belval - archived website 2008" . Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-06-18 .^ "concert EVR à la Benisson Dieu generated by VisualSlideshow.com" .^ "Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours" .^ latterly occupied by the Communauté des Béatitudes
^ Bonneval, Communauté de. "Abbaye cistercienne Notre-Dame de Bonneval" . ^ "Accueil - Abbaye de Bonport" .^ Bon-Repos Abbey website ^ Boulaur Abbey website Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine ^ Abbaye de Bricquebec website ^ now a hotel
^ "Abbaye cistercienne Lachalade" .^ "Abbaye de Chambarand" .^ Champagne Abbey website (now a farm hotel)^ "Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cîteaux" .^ "La page de l'abbayes de Clairlieu" .^ La Clarté-Dieu: Friends website ^ Wipp-creations. "Abbaye de la COUDRE (Laval, Mayenne)" . ^ Stoffels, Pierre-André Burton - Michel. "L'Abbaye Sainte-Marie-du-Désert vous accueille" . ^ "Bienvenue sur le site de l'Abbaye cistercienne Notre Dame de Bonne Espérance, à Échourgnac" .^ Quantin, Thomas. "Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Étoile" . ^ "abbayeferte.com" .^ "Abbaye de Fontenay - Erreur 404" .^ "ABBAYE DE FONTFROIDE - NARBONNE" .^ Fontmorigny Abbey website Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine ^ "Actualités et Curiosités à Foucarmont - Commune rurale de Haute-Normandie au coeur de la vallée de l'Yères…" .^ "Diocèse d'Angers, site officiel" . Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-05-21 .^ "毛穴たるみで悩める３０代後半主婦に適しているケアはコレで決まり！" .^ "Diocese of Reims website: Igny Abbey" . Archived from the original on 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-21 .^ Indre.fr: Abbaye Notre-Dame du Landais ^ "amis-de-leoncel.com" .^ "Abbaye de Lérins" .^ transferred from Vergy to Beaune
^ "Abbaye de Longpont France Aisne" .^ the village is Longvilliers; the abbey is Longvilliers or Longvillers
^ 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^ Melleray Abbey website ^ Website of Saint Mesmin's Abbey, Micy, now occupied by the Micy Carmel
^ united with Cîteaux in 1619
^ Puy-Guillaume website: Montpeyroux Abbey Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine ^ Moreilles Abbey Restoration website ^ Mortemer Abbey website ^ no connection to the village of Monchy-le-Preux , Pas-de-Calais
^ Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Neiges website }^ "Abbaye de Noirlac" .^ "Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Oelenberg - Ordre Cistercien de la Stricte Observance (Trappistes), au diocèse de Strasbourg (Alsace)" .^ "Histoire de l'Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ourscamp - Serviteurs de Jésus et de Marie" .^ transferred from Beauvais to Paris in 1670-71
^ founded 1987; Bernardines' website: Le Touvet Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Pontigny Abbey website" .^ Website of the Musée national de Port-Royal-des-Champs ^ "Abbaye Notre-Dame du Port du Salut" .^ founded as a hermitage in 1104; became Cistercian in 1128
^ "Accueil - Abbaye de Reigny" .^ "Perspectives On Online Gambling - Games & Casinos" .^ Boulaur Abbey website: Rieunette Priory Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine ^ Stoffels, soeur Marie-Christine Vilmain, Michel. "Bienvenue sur le site de l'Abbaye du Rivet" . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )^ "ROYAUMONT - abbaye & fondation - Accueil" .^ 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
^ transferred to Barbeau Abbey: see also the Château de Sainte-Assise built on the site
^ Pierre de Marca, 1640: Histoire de Bearn: concernant l'origine des rois de Navarre , etc
^ "Sénanque accueil" .^ "index" .^ "Abbaye de Sylvanès - Accueil" .^ Tamié Abbey website ^ very close to Cîteaux; first Cistercian nunnery, and motherhouse of the Cistercian nuns; transferred to Dijon in 1626
^ Diocese of Vannes website: Timadeuc Abbey Archived 2008-06-03 at the Wayback Machine ^ 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
^ "Ubexy Abbey website" . Archived from the original on 2008-05-13.^ "Abbaye du Val des Choues: Musée-Opéra de la Vénerie" .^ "L'Abbaye - Abbaye de Valloires" .^ "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 .^ Vauluisant Abbey website ^ "Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay - Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay" .^ Gueit, Christian. "L'ABBAYE de VIGNOGOUL" . ^ Villeneuve Abbey website (now a hotel and restaurant)^ "Abbaye de Villers-Bettnach (archived)" . Archived from the original on 2011-09-01.
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