In 1919 a convent of Trappist nuns,
Chimay Abbey or
Abbey of Our Lady of Peace (
Abbaye de Notre-Dame de la Paix de Chimay) was established here. The community, Trappist since 1878, was the successor to the
Cistercian community of
Gomerfontaine, founded in 1207, suppressed in 1792 and re-established in 1802 at
Saint-Paul-aux-Bois. It was exiled to
Fourbechies in 1904, before coming to Chimay after
World War I under the protection of the Trappist monastery,
Scourmont Abbey, established at Scourmont in Chimay in 1850. ==Notes==