List of Cistercian monasteries in France

• 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, monks, diocese of Saint-Claude (extant; Cistercians 1136-1790; Trappists from 1873; priory 1873-1938, when restored to status of abbey) (Vitreux, Jura) • Aiguebelle Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (extant; 1137–1791; 1816 onwards) (Montjoyer, Drôme) • Almanarre, see Lamanarre • Altbronn Abbey (sometimes Ergersheim Abbey), nuns (Ergersheim, Bas-Rhin) • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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) ==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, 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) • 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 ), 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) • 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) • 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) • Bénisson-Dieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Lyon (La Bénisson-Dieu, Loire) • 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, sometimes 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) • 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) • 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) • 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) • Bon-Repos Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Brieuc (Saint-Gelven, now Bon Repos sur Blavet, Côtes-d'Armor) • 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) • 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) • Bueil Abbey, see Bœuil • Buillon, see Billon • La Bussière Abbey, monks, diocese of Autun (1130-French Revolution) (La Bussière-sur-Ouche, Côte-d'Or) • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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) ==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) • 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) • 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) • 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) ==F==

• 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) • 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) • Fontenelle Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cambrai (1212-?) (Maing, Nord) • Fontfroide Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide), monks, diocese of Narbonne (Narbonne, Aude) • Fontguilhem Abbey, monks, diocese of Bazas, (Masseilles, Gironde) • Fontmorigny Abbey, monks, diocese of Bourges (Menetou-Couture, Cher) • Foucarmont Abbey, monks, diocese of Rouen (Foucarmont, Seine-Maritime) • 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) ==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) • 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) • 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) • Hayes, see Ayes ==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) • L'Isle-en-Barrois Abbey, monks, diocese of Toul (Lisle-en-Barrois, Meuse) • Les Isles Abbey, nuns, diocese of Auxerre ==J==

• 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) ==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 • 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) • 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) • Lérins Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lérins) (Île Saint-Honorat, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes) • 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 • 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) • 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) • 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) ==M==

• 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) nuns, 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) • 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) • Le Miroir Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Miroir), monks, diocese of Lyon (Le Miroir, Saône-et-Loire) • 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) • 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) • 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) • Mouchy-le-Péreux Abbey, otherwise Monchy-le-Péreux or Monchy-le-Preux Abbey, nuns, later monks, later nuns again, diocese of Beauvais (Monchy-Humières, Oise) ==N==

• Abbey of Notre-Dame des Neiges, otherwise Our Lady of the Snows (Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Neiges), monks (Saint-Laurent-les-Bains, Ardèche) • 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) • 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) • 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) ==P==

• 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) • 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 • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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) ==Q==

• Quincy Abbey (or Quincey Abbey), monks, diocese of Langres (Commissey, now 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), 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), diocese of Auxerre (Vermenton, Yonne) • Le Relec Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Relec), monks, diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Plounéour-Ménez, Finistère) • Rieunette Abbey or Priory (Abbaye or Prieuré Sainte-Marie de Rieunette), nuns, diocese of Carcassonne (1162–1761) (Ladern-sur-Lauquet, Aude) • Rigny, see Reigny • Le Rivet Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Rivet), in the Bazadais, monks, later nuns (from 1938), diocese of Bazas (Auros, Gironde) • 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) ==S==

• Saint-André-en-Gouffern Abbey, monks, diocese of Séez (La Hoguette, Calvados) • Abbey of 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 • 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) • 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) • 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) • Sept-Fons Abbey (Abbaye de Sept-Fons or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sept-Fons), monks, diocese of Autun (Dompierre-sur-Besbre, Allier) • 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) ==T==

• Tamié Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Tamié), monks (Plancherine, Savoie) • Tart Abbey, nuns, diocese of Langres (Tart-l'Abbaye, Côte-d'Or) • 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 de Timadeuc or Abbaye Notre-Dame de Timadeuc / Thymadeuc), Trappist monks (from 1841) (Bréhan, Morbihan) • 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) ==U==