page_title: List of Benedictine monasteries in France
section_title: C
hierarchical_section_title: List of Benedictine monasteries in France / C
context_page_description: This is a list of Benedictine monasteries, extant and non-extant, in the present territory of France. It includes both monks and nuns following the Rule of Saint Benedict, excluding the Cistercians, for whom see List of Cistercian monasteries in France. Some monasteries however belonged at various times in their histories to both the Benedictines and the Cistercians.
  At different times these religious houses have formed various orders, congregations or groups, of which the main ones, as far as French monasteries are concerned, are the following:
  the Order of Cluny
  the Camaldolese
  the Olivetans
  the Celestines
  the Order of Chalais
  the Order of Fontevraud
  the Congregation of Tiron
  the Congregation of La Chaise-Dieu
  the Congregation of Saint-Victor
  the Bursfelde Congregation
  the Alsace Congregation
  the Cassinese Congregation
  the Congregation of Chezal-Benoît
  the Congregation of the Exempts of Flanders
  the Congregation of the Exempts of France
  the Société de Bretagne
  the Congregation of St. Vanne
  the Congregation of St. Maur
  the English Benedictine Congregation in exile
  the Congregation of the Allobroges
  the Affligem group
  the Solesmes Congregation
  the Subiaco Congregation
context_section_description: Caen (Calvados), Diocese of Bayeux:
  Abbaye aux Dames (Abbaye de la Trinité de Caen), nuns
  Abbaye aux Hommes (Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Caen), monks
  Cagnotte Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cagnotte), monks, Diocese of Aire, later Diocese of Dax (Cagnotte, Landes)
  Calvary Abbey, La Fère: see La Fère
  Cambrai (Nord), Diocese of Cambrai:
  Abbey of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambrai (Abbaye du Saint-Sépulcre de Cambrai), monks  (1064-1791)
  Cambrai Abbey (Abbaye de Cambrai), nuns 
  Le Canigou Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Martin du Canigou), monks, Diocese of Perpignan (Casteil, Pyrénées-Orientales)
  La Capelle Abbey (Abbaye de la Capelle or des Capples), Diocese of Arras, later Diocese of Boulogne (1090–1348) (Les Attaques, Pas-de-Calais)
  Cateau-Cambrésis Abbey (Abbaye Saint-André du Cateau-Cambrésis), monks, Diocese of Cambrai (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord)
  Caunes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Caunes), monks, Diocese of Narbonne (?-1791) (Caunes-Minervois, Aude)
  Cavaillon Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean de Cavaillon), nuns, Diocese of Cavaillon (Cavaillon, Vaucluse)
  La Celle Abbey (Abbaye de La Celle; rarely seen as "Artecelle Abbey" or Abbaye d'Artecelle), nuns, Diocese of Aix (La Celle, Var)
  Cendras Abbey otherwise Sendras Abbey  (Abbaye de Cendras or Sendras), monks, Diocese of Alès (Cendras, Gard)
  Cerisy Abbey (Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt or Abbaye Saint-Vigor de Cerisy), monks, Diocese of Bayeux (Cerisy-la-Forêt, Manche)
  Chaalis Abbey (Abbaye de Chaalis), monks (Fontaine-Chaalis near Ermenonville, Oise): Benedictine up to 1136, thereafter Cistercian
  La Chaise-Dieu Abbey (Abbaye de la Chaise-Dieu or Abbaye Saint-Robert de la Chaise-Dieu) (La Chaise-Dieu, Haute-Loire) 
  Chalon Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Chalon), monks, Diocese of Chalon-sur-Saône (Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire)
  Chambon Abbey (Abbaye de Chambon or de Notre-Dame de Chambon), monks, Diocese of Poitiers (Mauzé-Thouarsais, Deux-Sèvres)
  Chantelle Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Vincent de Chantelle), nuns (1890-) (Chantelle, Allier) 
  Chapaize Priory (Prieuré Saint-Martin de Chapaize), monks (11th century-?) (Chapaize, Saône-et-Loire)
  Charenton Abbey (Abbaye de Charenton), nuns, Diocese of Bourges (Charenton-du-Cher, Cher)
  Abbaye de la Charité, monks, Diocese of Auxerre
  Charlieu Abbey (Abbaye de Charlieu or Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu), monks (Charlieu, Loire)
  Charroux Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Sauveur de Charroux), monks, Diocese of Poitiers (785-1760) (Charroux, Vienne)
  Chassemidy Abbey or Chasse-midi Abbey (Abbaye du Chassemidy, Abbaye de Notre-Dame de la Consolation de Chasse-midy), nuns, Diocese of Paris (Rue du Cherche-Midi, 5th and 16th arrondissements, Paris)
  Château-Chalon Abbey (Abbaye de Château-Chalon), nuns, Diocese of Besançon (Château-Chalon, often spelt Château-Châlon, Jura)
  Château-Landon Abbey (Abbaye de Château-Landon), nuns, Diocese of Sens (Château-Landon, Seine-et-Marne)
  Châteaudun Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Avit de Châteaudun), nuns, Diocese of Chartres (Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir)
  Châtenoy Abbey or Châtenois Abbey (Abbaye de Châtenoy or Châtenois), monks, Diocese of Toul (Châtenois, Vosges)
  La Chaume Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Chaume), monks, Diocese of Nantes (1055-1262) (Machecoul, Loire-Atlantique)
  Chaumes-en-Brie Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Chaumes-en-Brie), monks, Diocese of Sens  (752-1747) (Chaumes-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne)
  Les Chazeaux Abbey (Abbaye de Chazeaux-en-Forez), nuns (1332-1791; originally Poor Clares, Benedictines from the early 17th century) Diocese of Lyon (Chazeaux-en-Forez near Firminy, Loire; moved to Lyon 1617)
  Les Chazes Abbey otherwise Les Chases Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre des Chazes or des Chases), nuns, Diocese of Clermont (Saint-Julien-des-Chazes, Haute-Loire)
  Chelles Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Chelles), nuns, Diocese of Paris, later Diocese of Meaux (Chelles, Seine-et-Marne)
  Chezal-Benoît Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Chezal-Benoît), monks, Diocese of Bourges (Chezal-Benoît, Cher)
  Chézy Abbey (Abbaye de Chézy), monks, Diocese of Soissons (either Chézy-en-Orxois or Chézy-sur-Marne, both in Aisne)
  Cimiez Abbey or Abbey of St Pons, Cimiez (Abbay
caption: La Chaise-Dieu Abbey
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