page_title: List of Cistercian monasteries in France
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hierarchical_section_title: List of Cistercian monasteries in France / A
caption_attribution_description: Abbaye d'Acey Jura France
context_page_description: 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:
  the Cistercians of the Common Observance, including the Cistercian Congregation of the Immaculate Conception;
  the Congregation of the Feuillants
  the Trappists
  the Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes
  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.
context_section_description: 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)
caption: Acey Abbey (Jura)
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